Fossil Creek Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 50 min
Fossil Creek Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Pineridge Natural Area near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 205 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,125 – 5,269 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.54242, -105.12715
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
Directions
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Fossil Creek Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 205 ft · 50 min
Elevation 5,124–5,269 ft
Out & Back · Pineridge Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.54242, -105.12715
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Spring Cr, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Spring Cr, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 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
40% gravel36% dirt18% paved6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM
More from this trailhead
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Foothills Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Fossil Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 205 ft
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