Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Old Kiln Spur & Old Kiln via Foothills South
2.5 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Old Kiln Spur & Old Kiln via Foothills South is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Pine Brook Hill, CO. It climbs 459 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Kiln Spur & Old Kiln via Foothills South
2.5 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 5,521–6,000 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 40.05644, -105.28135
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: Broadway & Violet Ave stop 162 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Four Mile Creek Path, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Community Park Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Foothills South, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Kiln, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Kiln Spur, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Old Kiln, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Kiln, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Foothills South, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Community Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Four Mile Creek Path, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Broadway & Violet Ave stop 162 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Maxwell Reservoir–Community Park Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Wonderland Hill Viewpoint–Community Park Trail, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Wonderland Lake–Community Park Trail, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Foothills North Trail–Foothills South, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Foothills North Trail–Foothills South, 4 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,474 ft
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