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Caribou Ranch Open Space

Colorado and North Western R. R–Hicks Spur, 6 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,224 ft · 4 hr 59 min

Colorado and North Western R. R–Hicks Spur, 6 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Caribou Ranch Open Space near Caribou City, CO. It climbs 2,224 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi8,659 – 10,138 ft · steepest grade: 29%12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.00604, -105.56161
Nearest town Caribou City, CO
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Colorado and North Western R. R–Hicks Spur, 6 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 2,224 ft · 4 hr 59 min

Elevation 8,658–10,138 ft

Out & Back · Caribou Ranch Open Space

Trailhead: 40.00604, -105.56161

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 2.7 miTurn right onto Boulder County Hill Cutoff, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 300 ftContinue straight onto Coon Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Managers, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Waterfall, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Managers, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Managers, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miBear left onto Hicks Spur, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftBear right onto Lower Pixie Duff, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hicks Spur, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Pixie Duff, heading E.
  15. 350 ftBear right onto Hicks Spur, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Pixie Duff, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Hicks Gulch, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Colorado and North Western R. R, heading E.
  20. 0.6 miReach Managers, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hicks Gulch, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Pixie Duff, heading E.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hicks Spur, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miBear left onto Lower Pixie Duff, heading SW.
  26. 300 ftContinue straight onto Hicks Spur, heading W.
  27. 0.4 miTurn right onto Lower Pixie Duff, heading W.
  28. 0.1 miBear left onto Hicks Spur, heading W.
  29. 200 ftBear right onto Managers, heading W.
  30. 0.8 miTurn right onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Managers, heading SW.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left onto Waterfall, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Managers, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coon Trail, heading NW.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 200 ftBear right onto Boulder County Hill Cutoff, heading N.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  38. 2.5 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/horseshoe-creek-lower-pixie-duff-out-back-6-sights-15-km

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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