Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area
Fossil Creek Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Fossil Creek Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area near Trilby Corner, CO. It climbs 273 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fossil Creek Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 4,911–5,192 ft
Out & Back · Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.50839, -105.06404
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 90°F / low 62° · precip 15% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Park Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 4.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 4.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fossil Creek Park Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 30 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 327 ft
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