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Matthews/Winters Park

Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 3 sights

8 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 3 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 1,078 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,903 – 6,526 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.65713, -105.19644
Nearest town Morrison, CO
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Mount Vernon Creek Trail–Red Rocks Trail, 3 sights

8 mi · ▲ 1,078 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 5,903–6,527 ft

Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park

Trailhead: 39.65713, -105.19644

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Trading Post Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  6. 500 ftTurn left onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miBear left onto Will Call Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading NW.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Village Loop Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 350 ftReach Mount Vernon Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
  20. 300 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading W.
  21. 1.7 miSharp right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left onto Will Call Trail, heading S.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Mount Vernon Creek Trail, heading S.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 500 ftSharp left onto Trading Post Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  28. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-vernon-creek-trail-red-rocks-trail-out-back-3-sights-13-km

Trail surface

96% dirt3% paved1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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