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Mary's Pond–North Lions Pond, 4 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Cozens Ranch Open Space near Fraser, CO. The route passes North Lions Pond and Mary's Pond. It climbs 419 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,563 – 8,937 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fraser River Trail 39.94603, -105.81200
Nearest town Fraser, CO

Directions

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Mary's Pond–North Lions Pond, 4 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 8,563–8,937 ft

Out & Back · Cozens Ranch Open Space

Trailhead: Fraser River Trail · 39.94603, -105.81200

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Transit-accessible: Safeway @ CR 804 stop 26 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fraser River Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass North Lions Pond.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto River Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fraser River Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1 miPass Mary's Pond.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Chickadee Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Four Seasons Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right onto Pumpbouse Pass Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftSharp left onto Pumpbouse Pass Spur Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miReach Mary's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right onto Pumpbouse Pass Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Four Seasons Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Chickadee Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fraser River Trail, heading NW.
  19. 1 miContinue straight onto River Ridge Trail, heading N.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Fraser River Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Safeway @ CR 804 stop 26 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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