Pineridge Natural Area

Fossil Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 44 min

Fossil Creek Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Pineridge Natural Area near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,125 – 5,269 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.54242, -105.12715
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO

Directions

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Fossil Creek Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 44 min

Elevation 5,124–5,269 ft

Out & Back · Pineridge Natural Area

Trailhead: 40.54242, -105.12715

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  3. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 450 ftTurn right onto Spring Cr, heading SE.
  7. 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
  9. 300 ftTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Valley Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading E.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftSharp right onto Spring Cr, heading NE.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  21. 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

45% gravel28% dirt20% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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