Fourmile Creek Spur–Fourmile Creek Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 989 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Fourmile Creek Spur–Fourmile Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Sunset, CO. It climbs 989 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,691 – 9,292 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Oxbow 40.04277, -105.49691
Nearest town Sunset, CO

Directions

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Fourmile Creek Spur–Fourmile Creek Trail, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 989 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 8,690–9,291 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Oxbow · 40.04277, -105.49691

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 74°F / low 59° · precip 10% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Oxbow, heading SE.
  2. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Fourmile Creek Spur, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fourmile Creek, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Fourmile Creek Spur, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miReach Oxbow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Fourmile Creek, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fourmile Creek Spur, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oxbow, heading SE.
  9. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 74°F59°
Precip10%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity38%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sun 72°53° 37%
Mon 74°52° 29%
Tue 76°50° 34%
Wed 78°52° 37%
Thu 76°51° 33%
Fri 76°50° 29%

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