Eldorado Canyon Trail–Ethel Harrold Road, 3 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Eldorado Springs, CO. It climbs 2,817 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,962 – 7,100 ft · steepest grade: 52%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Climbing Access 39.93009, -105.28703
Nearest town Eldorado Springs, CO
Directions
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Eldorado Canyon Trail–Ethel Harrold Road, 3 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 2,817 ft · 4 hr 13 min
Elevation 5,962–7,099 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Climbing Access · 39.93009, -105.28703
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: Eldorado Canyon Visitor Center stop 643 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Climbing Access, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 2.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Walker Ranch Loop, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Walker Ranch Loop, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Climbing Access, heading SE.
- 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Eldorado Canyon Visitor Center stop 643 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Climbing Access Trailhead
- Eldorado Canyon Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 1,502 ft
- Fowler West Viewpoint & Spring Brook Loop North Trail 4 mi · ▲ 757 ft
- Fisherman's Access Trail–Walker Ranch Loop, 3 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 3,773 ft
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