Goat Path Trail–Mount Sanitas Trail, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Seven Hills, CO. It climbs 1,004 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,433 – 6,073 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: The Peoples' Crossing Trail 40.01415, -105.29560
Nearest town Seven Hills, CO
Directions
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Goat Path Trail–Mount Sanitas Trail, 4 sights
3 mi · ▲ 1,004 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 5,434–6,073 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: The Peoples' Crossing Trail · 40.01415, -105.29560
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: Canyon Blvd & Pearl St stop 113 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Rocks Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Goat Path Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Red Rocks Spur Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right onto Goat Path Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sanitas Valley Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Mount Sanitas Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Rocks Spur, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Rocks Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
62% gravel31% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Canyon Blvd & Pearl St stop 113 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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