Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop
2.4 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 50 min
Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Spring Hill, CO. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,620 – 5,693 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64654, -105.15664
Nearest town Spring Hill, CO
Directions
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Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop
2.4 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 50 min
Elevation 5,621–5,693 ft
Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park
Trailhead: 39.64654, -105.15664
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Owl Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Owl Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Owl Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt1% paved33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bear Creek Lake–Connector Trail Loop, 3 sights 1.4 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- C-470 Trail & Cowen Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- C-470 Trail & Cowen Trail Loop via Mount Carbon Loop 2 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- North Park Trail & Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop 3.4 mi · ▲ 146 ft
- Mount Carbon Loop–North Park Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Bear Creek Trail & Owl Trail via Mount Carbon Loop 4.5 mi · ▲ 136 ft
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