Pseudotsuga glauca Eldorado Canyon.jpg
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Eldorado Canyon Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Eldorado Springs, CO. It climbs 1,945 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,421 – 7,100 ft · steepest grade: 26%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94041, -105.30848
Nearest town Eldorado Springs, CO

Directions

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Eldorado Canyon Trail

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Elevation 6,421–7,099 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: 39.94041, -105.30848

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1 miBear right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading E.
  5. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  8. 2.5 miBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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