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North Willow Creek Trail & Rock Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 2,662 ft · 6 hr 32 min

North Willow Creek Trail & Rock Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Slate Creek, CO. It climbs 2,662 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,256 – 10,322 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock Creek Trail 39.71110, -106.16681
Nearest town Slate Creek, CO
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North Willow Creek Trail & Rock Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 2,662 ft · 6 hr 32 min

Elevation 9,256–10,323 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rock Creek Trail · 39.71110, -106.16681

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Gore Range Trail, heading E.
  3. 6.6 miContinue straight onto North Willow Creek Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miReach Rock Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Gore Range Trail, heading NW.
  6. 6.6 miSharp right onto Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miArrive 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/north-willow-creek-trail-rock-creek-trail-out-back-25-km

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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