AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement

Cretaceous Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Cretaceous Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement near Applewood, CO. It climbs 340 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,807 – 6,037 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.74684, -105.16351
Nearest town Applewood, CO
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Cretaceous Trail & T. rex Tooth Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 5,808–6,038 ft

Out & Back · South Table Mountain Park Conservation Easement

Trailhead: 39.74684, -105.16351

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: National Renewable Energy Lab stop 767 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Jawbone Trail, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear right onto Tertiary Trail, heading N.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Basalt Cap Loop Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Cretaceous Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto T. rex Tooth Trail, heading NW.
  8. 1.5 miReach Cretaceous Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.5 miTurn left onto Cretaceous Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Basalt Cap Loop Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Tertiary Trail, heading N.
  13. 100 ftBear left onto Jawbone Trail, heading N.
  14. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cretaceous-trail-t-rex-tooth-trail-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: National Renewable Energy Lab stop 767 m from the trailhead

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