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Pineridge Natural Area

Fossil Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 46 min

Fossil Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Pineridge Natural Area near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,128 – 5,269 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.54286, -105.13057
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
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Fossil Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 46 min

Elevation 5,129–5,269 ft

Out & Back · Pineridge Natural Area

Trailhead: 40.54286, -105.13057

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading SE.
  4. 400 ftContinue straight onto Spring Cr, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading S.
  7. 350 ftTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Valley Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Spring Cr, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fossil-creek-trail-out-back-3-km-4f65

Trail surface

56% gravel28% dirt12% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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