Cow Creek Trail
5 mi · ▲ 925 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Cow Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Olympus Heights, CO. It climbs 925 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cow Creek Trail
5 mi · ▲ 925 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 7,851–8,649 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 · No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cow Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1 miSharp left onto Gem Lake Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Cow Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 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.
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Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cow Creek Trail Trailhead
- Cow Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- 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
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