Cow Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 228 ft · 47 min
Cow Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Olympus Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 228 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,851 – 8,088 ft2.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cow Creek Trail 40.43143, -105.50312
Nearest town Olympus Heights, CO
Directions
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Cow Creek Trail
2 mi · ▲ 228 ft · 47 min
Elevation 7,851–8,086 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: Cow Creek Trail · 40.43143, -105.50312
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cow Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 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 7:31 PM
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cow Creek Trail Trailhead
- Cow Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 368 ft
- West Creek Falls & West Creek Falls Trail via North Boundary Trail 4 mi · ▲ 1,330 ft
- North Boundary Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,824 ft
- North Boundary Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,846 ft
- Fox Creek Falls via North Boundary Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,980 ft
- Cow Creek Trail 5 mi · ▲ 925 ft
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