Fowler West Viewpoint–Crags Hotel Ruins, 8 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Walker Ranch Park near Crescent, CO. The route passes Fowler West Viewpoint and Fowler West Viewpoint before reaching Crags Hotel Ruins at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 4,268 ft, with sections as steep as 53% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,847 – 7,300 ft · steepest grade: 53%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Walker Ranch Loop 39.95107, -105.33774
Nearest town Crescent, CO · Official trailhead info (bouldercounty.org)
Directions
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Fowler West Viewpoint–Crags Hotel Ruins, 8 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 4,268 ft · 6 hr 58 min
Elevation 5,848–7,301 ft
Out & Back · Walker Ranch Park
Trailhead: Walker Ranch Loop · 39.95107, -105.33774
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 84°F / low 60° · precip 12% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Walker Ranch Loop, heading S.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Walker Ranch Loop, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
- 200 ftPass Fowler West Viewpoint.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Fowler West Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Fowler West Viewpoint.
- 350 ftBear right onto Peanuts Wall climbing access, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Fowler West Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto RattleSnake Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 1 miPass Crags Hotel Ruins.
- 400 ftReach Fowler West Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Fowler West Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Peanuts Wall climbing access, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Fowler West Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bastille Descent Climbing Access Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Streamside Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading NE.
- 2.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Walker Ranch Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Ethel Harrold Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Walker Ranch Loop, heading NW.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 84°F60°
Precip12%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
82°62°
Sun
83°57°
33%
Mon
81°60°
48%
Tue
78°56°
32%
Wed
77°54°
35%
Thu
84°59°
36%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Walker Ranch Loop Trailhead
- Walker Ranch Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 534 ft
- Walker Ranch Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 548 ft
- Fisherman's Access Trail via Walker Ranch Loop 3.8 mi · ▲ 704 ft
- Ethel Harrold Road via Walker Ranch Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 706 ft
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