Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Coal Seam Trail–Community Ditch Trail, 6 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Coal Seam Trail–Community Ditch Trail, 6 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Marshall, CO. It climbs 554 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Coal Seam Trail–Community Ditch Trail, 6 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 554 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Elevation 5,556–6,134 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Coal Seam Trail · 39.95381, -105.23073
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 92°F / low 62° · precip 8% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: CO 93 & Eldorado Springs Dr stop 74 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Coal Seam Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Community Ditch Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miSharp left onto Doudy Draw Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miBear right onto FlatIrons Vista North Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Flatirons Vista North-South connector, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto FlatIrons Vista South Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Coal Seam Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Flatirons Vista North-South connector, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto FlatIrons Vista North Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Doudy Draw Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Community Ditch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Coal Seam Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 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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- Transit-accessible: CO 93 & Eldorado Springs Dr stop 74 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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