Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Joder Reservoir–Foothills North Trail, 5 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 586 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Joder Reservoir–Foothills North Trail, 5 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Pine Brook Hill, CO. The route reaches Joder Reservoir at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 586 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Joder Reservoir–Foothills North Trail, 5 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 586 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 5,581–5,810 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 40.05394, -105.28968
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: Broadway & Union Ave stop 643 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Community Park Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Foothills South, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Kiln, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Foothills South, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Foothills North Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Sky Trail, heading NE.
- 3.6 miReach Joder Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.6 miContinue straight onto Foothills North Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills South, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Kiln, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills South, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Community Park Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Broadway & Union Ave stop 643 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Kiln Spur & Old Kiln via Foothills South 2.1 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Wonderland Hill Viewpoint–Wonderland Lake, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 516 ft
- Foothills North Trail–Foothills South, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 190 ft
- Foothills South–Old Kiln, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 511 ft
- Foothills North Trail–Foothills South, 4 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,449 ft
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