Kipling Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 417 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Kipling Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Bear Valley Open Space near Green Mountain, CO. It climbs 417 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,440 – 5,804 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.67636, -105.13362
Nearest town Green Mountain, CO
Directions
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Kipling Trail
6.3 mi · ▲ 417 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 5,439–5,805 ft
Out & Back · Bear Valley Open Space
Trailhead: 39.67636, -105.13362
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: W Jewell Ave & S Wright St stop 636 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kipling Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Kipling Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 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
86% paved10% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: W Jewell Ave & S Wright St stop 636 m from the trailhead
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