Kohler Reservoir–Amphitheater Trail, 12 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Orodell, CO. The route reaches Kohler Reservoir. It climbs 2,474 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,538 – 6,933 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Artist Point 40.00550, -105.30786
Nearest town Orodell, CO
Directions
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Kohler Reservoir–Amphitheater Trail, 12 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 2,474 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Elevation 5,540–6,934 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Artist Point · 40.00550, -105.30786
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Boy Scout Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sensory, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Range View Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Flagstaff Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Crown Rock, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Chautauqua Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Royal Arch Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Mesa Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto NIST Service Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Kohler Reservoir.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Kohler Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Royal Arch Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chautauqua Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Amphitheater Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Crown Rock, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Flagstaff Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Range View Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Sensory, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boy Scout Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn 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.
Trail surface
69% dirt16% gravel2% paved13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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