AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Spring Canyon Park

Fossil Creek Trail

3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Fossil Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Spring Canyon Park near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,112 – 5,191 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cathy Fromme Prairie Trail 40.52259, -105.12647
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
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Fossil Creek Trail

3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 5,112–5,192 ft

Out & Back · Spring Canyon Park

Trailhead: Cathy Fromme Prairie Trail · 40.52259, -105.12647

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 94°F / low 66° · precip 6% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Cathy Fromme Prairie Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto Spring Cr, heading N.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Spring Cr, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
  18. 1 miBear right onto Cathy Fromme Prairie Trail, heading W.
  19. 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-5-km-9b58

Trail surface

67% paved32% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 94°F66°
Precip6%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sun 90°63°
Mon 90°69°
Tue 89°63° 15%
Wed 91°64° 16%
Thu 87°66° 18%
Fri 93°62° 18%

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