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Coal Creek Open Space

Return to Top - Red & Sage - Green

3.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Return to Top - Red & Sage - Green is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Open Space near Erie, CO. It is mostly level, with 221 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,046 – 5,259 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Grandview Trail 40.04203, -105.04015
Nearest town Erie, CO
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Return to Top - Red & Sage - Green

3.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 5,047–5,258 ft

Out & Back · Coal Creek Open Space

Trailhead: Grandview Trail · 40.04203, -105.04015

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Grandview Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Green Mill Road, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading S.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Sidewinder Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 450 ftTurn right onto Sage - Green, heading N.
  21. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftSharp right onto Return to Top - Red, heading N.
  23. 200 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading N.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sage - Green, heading N.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading N.
  27. 250 ftBear right onto Yucca - Black, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Gramma, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Yucca - Black, heading N.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Gramma, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yucca - Black, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Gramma, heading N.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red Trail, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear left onto Return to Top - Red, heading N.
  35. 50 ftReach Return to Top - Red, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  36. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red Trail, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Gramma, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Yucca - Black, heading NW.
  39. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Gramma, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yucca - Black, heading NW.
  41. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Gramma, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftTurn left onto Yucca - Black, heading NW.
  43. 50 ftBear left onto Return to Top - Red, heading NW.
  44. 250 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading E.
  45. 50 ftContinue straight onto Return to Top - Red, heading E.
  46. 300 ftBear left onto Sage - Green, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftBear right onto Return to Top - Red, heading NE.
  48. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  49. 50 ftSharp right onto Sage - Green, heading NE.
  50. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  51. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  52. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
  53. 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading W.
  54. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
  55. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sidewinder Trail, heading W.
  56. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tracks Berm Trail, heading W.
  57. 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading W.
  58. 200 ftTurn right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  59. 50 ftBear left onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SW.
  60. 50 ftTurn left onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  61. 50 ftContinue straight onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SW.
  62. 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  63. 50 ftBear right onto Erie Forest Trail, heading SW.
  64. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  65. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  66. 0.1 miTurn right onto Grandview Trail, heading W.
  67. 400 ftBear right, heading W.
  68. 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/return-to-top-red-sage-green-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

36% dirt17% paved47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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