Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS)

Chavez Viewpoint & Chavez Trail via Beaver Brook Trail

2 mi · ▲ 526 ft · 56 min

Chavez Viewpoint & Chavez Trail via Beaver Brook Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS) near Rainbow Hills, CO. The route reaches Chavez Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 526 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,405 – 6,910 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.73927, -105.32289
Nearest town Rainbow Hills, CO

Directions

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Chavez Viewpoint & Chavez Trail via Beaver Brook Trail

2 mi · ▲ 526 ft · 56 min

Elevation 6,404–6,911 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS)

Trailhead: 39.73927, -105.32289

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 86°F / low 60° · precip 7% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftContinue straight onto Chavez Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 150 ftReach Chavez Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 86°F60°
Precip7%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity27%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 86°65°
Sun 86°59° 31%
Mon 84°69° 52%
Tue 84°65° 41%
Wed 81°63° 41%
Thu 86°63° 40%

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