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
- Start on Oxbow, heading SE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Fourmile Creek Spur, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fourmile Creek, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Fourmile Creek Spur, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Oxbow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Fourmile Creek, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fourmile Creek Spur, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Oxbow, heading SE.
- 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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