1. Start on Red Cliff Road, heading N.
2. 100 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Cliff Road, heading NE.
4. 50 ftTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
5. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading NE.
6. 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
7. 50 ftTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading NE.
8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading N.
10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Soderberg Trail, heading NW.
11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spring Creek Trail, heading N.
12. 50 ftTurn right onto Soderberg Trail, heading E.
13. 50 ftTurn right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading E.
14. 0.8 miSharp right onto Spring Creek - Towers Connector, heading N.
15. 0.1 miSharp left onto Towers Trail, heading NW.
16. 450 ftBear right onto Carey Springs Trail, heading E.
17. 0.5 miSharp left onto Loggers Trail, heading SE.
18. 0.7 miTurn left onto Mill Creek Trail, heading W.
19. 1 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Link Trail, heading NW.
20. 0.4 miBear left onto South Valley Loop, heading NE.
21. 0.1 miTurn left onto Aurthurs Rock / West Valley Trail, heading NE.
22. 250 ftSharp right onto West Valley Trail, heading NE.
23. 1.1 miTurn left onto Well Gulch Nature Trail, heading N.
24. 50 ftTurn right onto West Valley Trail, heading N.
25. 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
26. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
27. 0.1 miPass Lodgepole Drive Viewpoint.
28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lodgepole Drive, heading W.
29. 250 ftSharp right onto Satanka Cove Trail, heading E.
30. 0.1 miPass Horsetooth Reservoir.
31. 0.1 miReach Lodgepole Drive Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
32. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
33. 200 ftContinue straight onto Lodgepole Drive, heading E.
34. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
35. 200 ftSharp left onto West Valley Trail, heading W.
36. 1.1 miTurn left onto Well Gulch Nature Trail, heading SE.
37. 50 ftTurn right onto West Valley Trail, heading SE.
38. 1.1 miSharp left onto Aurthurs Rock / West Valley Trail, heading NE.
39. 250 ftTurn right onto South Valley Loop, heading SE.
40. 0.1 miBear right onto Mill Creek Link Trail, heading SW.
41. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mill Creek Trail, heading SE.
42. 1 miTurn right onto Loggers Trail, heading SE.
43. 0.7 miSharp right onto Carey Springs Trail, heading SE.
44. 0.5 miBear left onto Towers Trail, heading SE.
45. 450 ftSharp right onto Spring Creek - Towers Connector, heading W.
46. 0.1 miSharp left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading N.
47. 0.8 miTurn left onto Soderberg Trail, heading S.
48. 50 ftTurn left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading S.
49. 50 ftContinue straight onto Soderberg Trail, heading S.
50. 0.5 miTurn right onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading S.
51. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SW.
52. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Horsetooth Rock Trail, heading W.
53. 0.5 miTurn left onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
54. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading SE.
55. 50 ftTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
56. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Cliff Road, heading SE.
57. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
58. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Cliff Road, heading SE.
59. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
60. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lodgepole-drive-viewpoint-horsetooth-reservoir-out-back-10-sights-25-km-6f28