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Fox Creek Trail via Taylor Mountain Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 489 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Fox Creek Trail via Taylor Mountain Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Allenspark, CO. It climbs 489 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,937 – 8,327 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.20892, -105.51911
Nearest town Allenspark, CO
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Fox Creek Trail via Taylor Mountain Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 489 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 7,937–8,328 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.20892, -105.51911

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lazy H Horse Trail Net, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Fox Creek Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor Mountain Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftReach Fox Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Fox Creek Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miBear right onto Lazy H Horse Trail Net, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miArrive 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/fox-creek-trail-out-back-5-km-1c1b

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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