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Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area

Fossil Creek Trail & Spring Creek Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Fossil Creek Trail & Spring Creek Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area near Drakes, CO. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,069 – 5,191 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Spring Creek Trail 40.55158, -105.11320
Nearest town Drakes, CO
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Fossil Creek Trail & Spring Creek Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 5,068–5,192 ft

Out & Back · Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area

Trailhead: Spring Creek Trail · 40.55158, -105.11320

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Transit-accessible: Drake & Taft Hill stop 128 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Spring Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 400 ftContinue straight onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading E.
  13. 2.1 miReach Spring Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 2.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  20. 0.3 miBear right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 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-9-km-de62

Trail surface

79% paved21% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Drake & Taft Hill stop 128 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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