AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bear Creek Lake Park

Mount Carbon Loop

4.8 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Mount Carbon Loop is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Carmody Estates, CO. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,469 – 5,696 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.66096, -105.11493
Nearest town Carmody Estates, CO
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Mount Carbon Loop

4.8 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,469–5,696 ft

Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park

Trailhead: 39.66096, -105.11493

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & W Dartmouth Ave stop 216 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  7. 100 ftSharp left onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading W.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miReach Mount Carbon Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Stone House Trail, heading E.
  15. 50 ftSharp right onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading E.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading E.
  17. 100 ftSharp left onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading SE.
  18. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 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-8-km

Trail surface

62% dirt36% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Kipling Pkwy & W Dartmouth Ave stop 216 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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