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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Boy Scout Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Sensory, heading S.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Range View Trail, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftBear left onto Flagstaff Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miBear left onto Crown Rock, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading W.
  9. 500 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miBear left onto Chautauqua Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading S.
  14. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Royal Arch Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading S.
  18. 450 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading S.
  19. 100 ftSharp right onto Mesa Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto NIST Service Road, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miPass Kohler Reservoir.
  25. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftReach Kohler Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.3 miBear right onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading W.
  32. 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SW.
  33. 450 ftContinue straight onto Royal Arch Trail, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading W.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  37. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chautauqua Trail, heading N.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NW.
  39. 0.4 miTurn right onto Amphitheater Trail, heading NE.
  40. 150 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading NE.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gregory Canyon Trail, heading NW.
  42. 450 ftSharp right onto Crown Rock, heading SW.
  43. 0.3 miBear right onto Flagstaff Trail, heading N.
  44. 0.9 miBear right onto Range View Trail, heading NW.
  45. 100 ftTurn right onto Sensory, heading N.
  46. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftTurn left onto Boy Scout Trail, heading N.
  48. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  49. 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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