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Dutch Creek Connector–Dutch Creek Trail, 8 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back near Willow Springs, CO. It climbs 1,514 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,968 – 6,851 ft10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.60776, -105.17958
Nearest town Willow Springs, CO

Directions

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Dutch Creek Connector–Dutch Creek Trail, 8 sights

10 mi · ▲ 1,514 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 5,967–6,850 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.60776, -105.17958

Weather Sep 5: Light rain, high 87°F / low 69° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Falcon Ridge Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miBear right onto Falcon Traverse Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Juniper Hill Trail, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Wild Chipmunk trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Left Hand Canyon Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left onto Upper Willow Walk, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Golden Spike Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Hidden Valley Trail, heading W.
  10. 50 ftSharp left onto Golden Spike Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left onto Bradford Trail, heading SE.
  12. 1.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miBear left onto Dutch Creek Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dutch Creek Connector, heading W.
  15. 50 ftReach Falcon Traverse Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Dutch Creek Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miBear right onto Lark Bunting Loop, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bradford Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 1.3 miSharp right onto Golden Spike Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.7 miSharp right onto Upper Hidden Valley Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Golden Spike Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Willow Walk, heading SW.
  24. 0.6 miSharp right onto Left Hand Canyon Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wild Chipmunk trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.3 miBear right onto Juniper Hill Trail, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Falcon Traverse Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miBear left onto Falcon Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Light rainTemperature 87°F69°
Precip8%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity26%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 86°61° 26%
Mon 83°71° 42%
Tue 85°66° 41%
Wed 86°66° 42%
Thu 86°67° 28%
Fri 87°65° 18%

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