AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Bear Creek Lake Park

Mount Carbon & Mount Carbon Loop

4 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Mount Carbon & Mount Carbon Loop is a 4-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Carmody Estates, CO. The route reaches Mount Carbon at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 304 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,469 – 5,784 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

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

4 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 5,469–5,783 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 miBear left onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftReach Mount Carbon, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Mt. Carbon Paved Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Mount Carbon Access Tr, heading N.
  17. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 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-mount-carbon-loop-out-back

Trail surface

52% dirt48% paved

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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