Kipling Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 192 ft · 48 min
Kipling Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Bear Valley Open Space near Carmody Estates, CO. It is mostly level, with 192 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kipling Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 192 ft · 48 min
Elevation 5,441–5,647 ft
Out & Back · Bear Valley Open Space
Trailhead: 39.67698, -105.10940
Weather Sep 4: Mostly clear, high 93°F / low 61° · precip 6% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: S Kipling St & W Warren Ave stop 30 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kipling Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading S.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Kipling Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 St & W Warren Ave stop 30 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kipling Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Kipling Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Stone House Lake & Stone House Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 219 ft
- Kendrick Main Reservoir–Smith Reservoir, 5 lakes 4.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Kendall Reservoir (W)–Kendall Reservoir (E), 3 lakes 6.3 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Mount Carbon Loop–North Park Trail, 3 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 665 ft
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