South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement
Cretaceous Trail & Fossil Trail via T. rex Tooth Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Cretaceous Trail & Fossil Trail via T. rex Tooth Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement near Crestview Villa, CO. It climbs 402 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cretaceous Trail & Fossil Trail via T. rex Tooth Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 5,736–6,038 ft
Out & Back · South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement
Trailhead: Fossil Trail · 39.74213, -105.18892
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: South Golden Rd & W 12th Ave stop 606 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fossil Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto T. rex Tooth Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Cretaceous Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Basalt Cap Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Tertiary Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Jawbone Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftReach Fossil Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tertiary Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Basalt Cap Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Cretaceous Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto T. rex Tooth Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Fossil Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: South Golden Rd & W 12th Ave stop 606 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Fossil Trail Trailhead
- Fossil Trail–Lava Loop Trail, 4 sights 4 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Cretaceous Trail & Fossil Trail via T. rex Tooth Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Dome Flow Trail–Fossil Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 563 ft
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