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Four Pines Trail–Kohler Mesa Trail, 5 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 1,753 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Four Pines Trail–Kohler Mesa Trail, 5 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Boulder, CO. It climbs 1,753 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,574 – 6,473 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.99318, -105.27034
Nearest town Boulder, CO
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Four Pines Trail–Kohler Mesa Trail, 5 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 1,753 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Elevation 5,574–6,474 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: 39.99318, -105.27034

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftBear left onto Four Pines Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto The Regency climbing access Trail, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Shanahan - Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right onto Shanahan Connector, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Middle Fork Shanahan Trail, heading S.
  11. 150 ftReach Four Pines Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 150 ftTurn right onto Shanahan Connector, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miSharp left onto Shanahan - North Fork, heading NE.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  15. 1.9 miBear right onto The Regency climbing access Trail, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Mesa Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Four Pines Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/four-pines-trail-kohler-mesa-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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