Herrington Trail–Horsetooth Rock Trail, 3 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It climbs 1,005 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,748 – 6,460 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Cliff Road 40.52264, -105.18166
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
Directions
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Herrington Trail–Horsetooth Rock Trail, 3 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,005 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 5,750–6,459 ft
Out & Back · Horsetooth Mountain Open Space
Trailhead: Red Cliff Road · 40.52264, -105.18166
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Cliff Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Cliff Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Soderberg Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spring Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Soderberg Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Herrington Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Towers Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Horsetooth Rock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Herrington Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Soderberg Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Soderberg Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Cliff Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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