Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area
Fossil Creek Trail
10.4 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Fossil Creek Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area near Trilby Corner, CO. It climbs 270 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi4,912 – 5,191 ft11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50800, -105.06719
Nearest town Trilby Corner, CO
Directions
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Fossil Creek Trail
10.4 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Elevation 4,911–5,192 ft
Out & Back · Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.50800, -105.06719
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 4.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto Spring Cr, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
- 4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 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
91% paved9% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 30 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 10.2 mi · ▲ 324 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 324 ft
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