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Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS)

Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail via Clear Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 303 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail via Clear Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS) near Cody Park, CO. The route reaches Clear Creek. It climbs 303 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,709 – 5,988 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.73930, -105.26935
Nearest town Cody Park, CO
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Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail via Clear Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 303 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 5,710–5,988 ft

Out & Back · Clear Creek Canyon Park (JCOS)

Trailhead: 39.73930, -105.26935

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 66° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftTurn left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.2 miBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miPass Clear Creek.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miReach Clear Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
  15. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/clear-creek-welch-ditch-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

47% paved45% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 91°F66°
Feels like83°Precip9%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat 90°70°
Sun 88°63° 25%
Mon 86°71° 50%
Tue 86°67° 39%
Wed 83°65° 40%
Thu 88°65° 39%

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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