Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Dakota Ridge Trail–Mount Sanitas Trail, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 653 ft · 58 min
Dakota Ridge Trail–Mount Sanitas Trail, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. It climbs 653 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dakota Ridge Trail–Mount Sanitas Trail, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 653 ft · 58 min
Elevation 5,414–5,723 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 40.01269, -105.29611
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 92°F / low 69° · precip 9% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: Canyon Blvd & Pearl St stop 217 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boulder Creek Path, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Dakota Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Red Rocks Spur Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto The Peoples' Crossing Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Boulder Creek Path, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Canyon Blvd & Pearl St stop 217 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Goat Path Trail–Mount Sanitas Trail, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 1,004 ft
- Evert Pierson Kids' Fishing Pond–Varsity Lake, 7 lakes 8.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft
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