Cougar Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Cougar Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near The Valley, CO. It climbs 540 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,037 – 6,421 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.58420, -105.16313
Nearest town The Valley, CO
Directions
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Cougar Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 6,036–6,421 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.58420, -105.16313
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: Valley Pkwy & Long Spur stop 243 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Colorow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cougar Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Colorow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Massey Draw Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Valley Pkwy & Long Spur stop 243 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hogback Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Hogback Trail & Manor House Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Coloraw Trail 2 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Hogback Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Hogback Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Hogback Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 305 ft
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