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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Chavez Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Chavez Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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.
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More from this trailhead
- Beaver Brook Viewpoint via Beaver Brook Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,393 ft
- Chavez Trail via Beaver Brook Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,193 ft
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