Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area

Fossil Creek Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Fossil Creek Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area near Trilby Corner, CO. It climbs 327 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,912 – 5,191 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50939, -105.06499
Nearest town Trilby Corner, CO

Directions

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Fossil Creek Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 327 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 4,911–5,192 ft

Out & Back · Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area

Trailhead: 40.50939, -105.06499

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 400 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Park Trail, heading S.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  10. 4.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 4.1 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Fossil Creek Park Trail, heading E.
  19. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 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

89% paved10% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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