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Arapaho National Forest

Deadhorse-Bearbait Road–Spruce Creek Loop, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,733 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Deadhorse-Bearbait Road–Spruce Creek Loop, 3 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Fraser, CO. It climbs 1,733 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,033 – 10,368 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Creekside Trail 39.90788, -105.88105
Nearest town Fraser, CO
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Deadhorse-Bearbait Road–Spruce Creek Loop, 3 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,733 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 9,034–10,368 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Creekside Trail · 39.90788, -105.88105

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Spruce Creek Road, heading SE.
  3. 1.8 miSharp right onto Deadhorse-Bearbait Road, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miReach Spruce Creek Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Spruce Creek Road, heading W.
  6. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Spruce Creek Loop, heading NE.
  7. 1.8 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/deadhorse-bearbait-road-spruce-creek-loop-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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