Denver Basin Overlook–Concretion, 9 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Heritage Dells, CO. The route passes Concretion, Denver Basin Overlook, Arthur Lakes Lookout and 2 more before reaching Raptor Track at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 1,177 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,985 – 6,526 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.70031, -105.20637
Nearest town Heritage Dells, CO
Directions
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Denver Basin Overlook–Concretion, 9 sights
7.4 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft · 3 hr 3 min
Elevation 5,984–6,527 ft
Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park
Trailhead: 39.70031, -105.20637
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Highway 40 & Highway 26 stop 217 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Village Loop Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Bailout Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Concretion.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Dakota Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftPass Arthur Lakes Lookout.
- 50 ftPass Volcanic Ash Deposit.
- 50 ftPass Front Range Overlook.
- 50 ftPass Raptor Track.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Arthur Lakes Lookout, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Denver Basin Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dakota Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bailout Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Village Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, 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.
Trail surface
87% dirt12% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Highway 40 & Highway 26 stop 217 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Village Loop Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Red Rocks Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 4 sights 9 mi · ▲ 1,092 ft
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