Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area
Colorado Front Range Trail–Fossil Creek Trail, 3 sights
12 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Colorado Front Range Trail–Fossil Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back in Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area near Trilby Corner, CO. It is mostly level, with 160 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Colorado Front Range Trail–Fossil Creek Trail, 3 sights
12 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 4,887–5,092 ft
Out & Back · Fossil Creek Wetlands Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.49799, -105.05781
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 95°F / low 65° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Power Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Colorado Front Range Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto North Trail, heading S.
- 2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Fossil Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Colorado Front Range Trail, heading E.
- 3 miContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Power Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Neighborhood Pond via Power Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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