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College Lake–Dixon Reservoir, 5 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Pineridge Natural Area near Horsetooth Heights, CO. The route passes Dixon Reservoir and Dixon Reservoir Beach before reaching College Lake at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 359 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,164 – 5,299 ft8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pineridge Access 40.53104, -105.13598
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO

Directions

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College Lake–Dixon Reservoir, 5 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 5,164–5,298 ft

Out & Back · Pineridge Natural Area

Trailhead: Pineridge Access · 40.53104, -105.13598

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Pineridge Access, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftBear left onto South Loop Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Timber Trail, heading N.
  4. 1 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Dixon Reservoir), heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass Dixon Reservoir.
  6. 450 ftPass Dixon Reservoir Beach.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Reservoir Loop Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftSharp right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Maxwell Access Road, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  16. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  19. 500 ftReach College Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  26. 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservoir Loop Trail, heading S.
  27. 50 ftSharp right onto Foothills Trail (Dixon Reservoir), heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  30. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Timber Trail, heading S.
  32. 1 miContinue straight onto South Loop Trail, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miBear right onto Pineridge Access, heading S.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

76% dirt2% gravel22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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