Continental Divide Overlook–Fowler West Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Marshall, CO. The route passes Fowler West Viewpoint and Fowler West Viewpoint before reaching Continental Divide Overlook at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 1,729 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,555 – 6,805 ft · steepest grade: 16%16.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Coal Seam Trail 39.95381, -105.23073
Nearest town Marshall, CO
Directions
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Continental Divide Overlook–Fowler West Viewpoint, 7 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 1,729 ft · 6 hr
Elevation 5,556–6,803 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Coal Seam Trail · 39.95381, -105.23073
Weather Sep 5: 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.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Spring Brook Loop North Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Fowler Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miPass Fowler West Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miPass Fowler West Viewpoint.
- 400 ftBear right onto Peanuts Wall climbing access, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fowler West Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto RattleSnake Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miReach Continental Divide Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Fowler West Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Peanuts Wall climbing access, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Fowler West Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Fowler Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spring Brook Loop North Trail, heading N.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Doudy Draw Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Community Ditch Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Coal Seam Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 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.
Trail surface
89% dirt11% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: CO 93 & Eldorado Springs Dr stop 74 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Marshall Lake & Marshall Valley Trail Loop via Community Ditch Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Greenbelt Plateau Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 359 ft
- Coal Seam Trail & Community Ditch Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Coal Seam Trail–Community Ditch Trail, 6 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 554 ft
- Greenbelt Plateau Trail–High Plains Trail, 3 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 849 ft
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