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Bear Creek Lake Park

Mount Carbon Loop

6 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Mount Carbon Loop is a 6-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 269 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,584 – 5,755 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail 39.65305, -105.19014
Nearest town Morrison, CO
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Mount Carbon Loop

6 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 5,586–5,754 ft

Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park

Trailhead: Bear Creek Trail · 39.65305, -105.19014

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 65° · precip 9% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 & Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto C-470 Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SE.
  6. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto North Park Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Morrison Road Sidepath, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miSharp right onto North Park Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SE.
  17. 1 miTurn right onto Owl Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 400 ftContinue straight onto C-470 & Bear Creek Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  22. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-carbon-loop-out-back-10-km-885a

Trail surface

71% dirt26% paved3% gravel

Weather

OvercastTemperature 91°F65°
Feels like83°Precip9%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity17%
Rained 0.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat 90°68°
Sun 90°64° 16%
Mon 90°74° 38%
Tue 88°66° 34%
Wed 86°64° 39%
Thu 90°66° 36%

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