Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Kohler Mesa Trail–Skunk Canyon Trail, 3 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 666 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Kohler Mesa Trail–Skunk Canyon Trail, 3 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Boulder, CO. It climbs 666 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kohler Mesa Trail–Skunk Canyon Trail, 3 sights
2.4 mi · ▲ 666 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 5,702–6,396 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 39.98619, -105.27219
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 91°F / low 66° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skunk Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Canyon, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Quarry Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Skunk Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Skunk Canyon, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Skunk Connector, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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