Redtail Grove Natural Area

Long View Trail & Mason Trail via Fossil Creek Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Long View Trail & Mason Trail via Fossil Creek Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Redtail Grove Natural Area near McClellands, CO. It is mostly level, with 236 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi4,948 – 5,066 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.52174, -105.08031
Nearest town McClellands, CO

Directions

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Long View Trail & Mason Trail via Fossil Creek Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 236 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 4,946–5,065 ft

Out & Back · Redtail Grove Natural Area

Trailhead: 40.52174, -105.08031

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 95°F / low 63° · precip 6% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: Harmony & Mason stop 191 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Mason Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.2 miTurn left onto Long View Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.1 miReach Mason Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.1 miTurn right onto Fossil Creek Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Mason Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 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

100% paved

Weather

OvercastTemperature 95°F63°
Precip6%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity33%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun 91°64° 17%
Mon 91°69° 17%
Tue 90°64° 15%
Wed 92°64°
Thu 88°66° 19%
Fri 94°63° 19%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Harmony & Mason stop 191 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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