Mount Zion Viewpoint & Clear Creek via Chimney Gulch Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Windy Saddle Park near Panorama Heights, CO. The route passes Clear Creek before reaching Mount Zion Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 1,504 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,755 – 7,153 ft · steepest grade: 28%7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.74921, -105.25144
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CO
Directions
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Mount Zion Viewpoint & Clear Creek via Chimney Gulch Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,504 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 5,756–7,152 ft
Out & Back · Windy Saddle Park
Trailhead: 39.74921, -105.25144
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 66° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Clear Creek.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Chimney Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Mount Zion Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Mount Zion Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Chimney Gulch Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Welch Ditch Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 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
82% dirt3% paved15% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 92°F66°
Precip7%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sat
90°68°
Sun
87°62°
26%
Mon
86°71°
41%
Tue
86°67°
34%
Wed
83°65°
40%
Thu
89°65°
29%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clear Creek & Welch Ditch Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- outcrops of the Pierre, Fox Hills, Laramie and Arapahoe formations & Clear Creek via Welch Ditch Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Clear Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 264 ft
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