Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Left Hand Valley Reservoir–Mesa Reservoir, 6 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 430 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Left Hand Valley Reservoir–Mesa Reservoir, 6 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Pine Brook Hill, CO. The route passes Mesa Reservoir before reaching Left Hand Valley Reservoir at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It climbs 430 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Left Hand Valley Reservoir–Mesa Reservoir, 6 sights
9.2 mi · ▲ 430 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Elevation 5,318–5,559 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Eagle Trail · 40.07275, -105.28210
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 91°F / low 59° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Eagle Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Degge Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Shale Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Mesa Reservoir.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Sage Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Left Hand Trail, heading N.
- 3.1 miReach Left Hand Valley Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Shale Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Degge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eagle Trail, 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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