Creekside Loop–Spruce Creek Loop, 3 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,781 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Creekside Loop–Spruce Creek Loop, 3 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Fraser, CO. It climbs 1,781 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Creekside Loop–Spruce Creek Loop, 3 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,781 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Elevation 8,844–10,368 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: 39.92373, -105.85907
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 76°F / low 44° · precip 13% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Creekside Loop, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Creekside Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Spruce Creek Road, heading SE.
- 1.8 miReach Creekside Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Spruce Creek Loop, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Creekside Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Creekside Loop, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn 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.
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