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Spring Canyon Park

Fossil Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 42 min

Fossil Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Spring Canyon Park near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,112 – 5,191 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52918, -105.12394
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
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Fossil Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 42 min

Elevation 5,112–5,192 ft

Out & Back · Spring Canyon Park

Trailhead: 40.52918, -105.12394

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 65° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 400 ftContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fossil-creek-trail-out-back-3-km-858a

Trail surface

58% paved42% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 93°F65°
Precip4%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity37%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sun 90°62°
Mon 90°69°
Tue 89°63° 15%
Wed 91°64° 16%
Thu 87°66° 18%
Fri 93°62° 18%

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