Bear Creek Lake Park

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  3. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading W.
  5. 150 ftBear right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Owl Trail, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading NW.
  10. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftBear left onto Owl Trail, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftReach Owl Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mt. Carbon Loop, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Owl Trail, heading W.
  20. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Owl Trail, heading E.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  25. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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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

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