Clear Creek & Chimney Gulch Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,207 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Clear Creek & Chimney Gulch Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Windy Saddle Park near Golden, CO. The route reaches Clear Creek. It climbs 1,207 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Clear Creek & Chimney Gulch Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,207 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 5,686–6,913 ft
Out & Back · Windy Saddle Park
Trailhead: Clear Creek Trail · 39.75295, -105.23178
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 67° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Clear Creek.
- 100 ftBear right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto US 6 Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Chimney Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.5 miReach Clear Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto US 6 Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Clear Creek Trail Trailhead
- Clear Creek–Clear Creek Trail, 3 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 327 ft
- Indian Mountain–Lookout Mountain Viewpoint, 7 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,805 ft
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