Metzger Ponds & Country Vista Park via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Metzger Ponds & Country Vista Park via Big Dry Creek Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Big Dry Creek Open Space near Cozy Corner, CO. The route reaches Metzger Ponds. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Metzger Ponds & Country Vista Park via Big Dry Creek Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 5,206–5,300 ft
Out & Back · Big Dry Creek Open Space
Trailhead: 39.91440, -105.02307
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 63° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Metzger Farm OS, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto 120th Ave MUP, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftPass Metzger Ponds.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Country Vista Park, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Metzger Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto 120th Ave MUP, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Metzger Farm OS, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 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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