Mount Carbon Loop
2.8 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Mount Carbon Loop is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Spring Hill, CO. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,486 – 5,696 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.65788, -105.13338
Nearest town Spring Hill, CO
Directions
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Mount Carbon Loop
2.8 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 5,487–5,696 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: 39.65788, -105.13338
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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
77% dirt19% paved4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kendall Reservoir (W) via Mt. Carbon Paved Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 31 ft
- Morrison Road Trail via Stone House Trail 3 mi · ▲ 90 ft
- Mount Carbon Loop 4.1 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Smith Reservoir–Kenderick Reservoir, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 218 ft
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