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Niver Canal Trail & Sunstream Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 40 min

Niver Canal Trail & Sunstream Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Wallace Village, CO. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,355 – 5,456 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.87627, -105.09506
Nearest town Wallace Village, CO
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Niver Canal Trail & Sunstream Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 40 min

Elevation 5,355–5,457 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.87627, -105.09506

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

Transit-accessible: stop 178 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate), heading S.
  3. 200 ftTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sunstream Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Niver Canal Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miReach Sunstream Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Sunstream Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate), heading E.
  12. 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/niver-canal-trail-sunstream-trail-out-back-3-km-b78b

Trail surface

96% paved3% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 178 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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