Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Canyon Park near Panorama Heights, CO. The route reaches Clear Creek. It is mostly level, with 240 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,696 – 5,840 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.74921, -105.25144
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CO
Directions
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Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 240 ft · 55 min
Elevation 5,695–5,839 ft
Out & Back · Clear Creek Canyon Park
Trailhead: 39.74921, -105.25144
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 66° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Clear Creek.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Magpie Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Clear Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
53% dirt41% paved6% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 92°F66°
Precip7%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
90°68°
Sun
87°62°
26%
Mon
86°71°
41%
Tue
86°67°
34%
Wed
83°65°
40%
Thu
89°65°
29%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- outcrops of the Pierre, Fox Hills, Laramie and Arapahoe formations & Clear Creek via Welch Ditch Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 264 ft
- Mount Zion Viewpoint & Clear Creek via Chimney Gulch Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft
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