Kendall Reservoir (W) & Mount Carbon Loop
4.5 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Kendall Reservoir (W) & Mount Carbon Loop is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Carmody Estates, CO. The route reaches Kendall Reservoir (W). It climbs 310 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kendall Reservoir (W) & Mount Carbon Loop
4.5 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 5,503–5,696 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: 39.65474, -105.11370
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & W Girton Dr stop 275 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Kendall Reservoir (W).
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Stone House Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Kendall Reservoir (W), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & W Girton Dr stop 275 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kendall Reservoir (W)–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 449 ft
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