Ridgegate Trail & Willow Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Ridgegate Trail & Willow Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Lone Tree, CO. It climbs 486 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ridgegate Trail & Willow Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 5,919–6,282 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.52464, -104.87511
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 62° · precip 7% · wind 14 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ridgegate Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Willow Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Willow Creek Trail / Sky Ridge Ave. Spur, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Willow Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Ridgegate Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Willow Creek Trail / Sky Ridge Ave. Spur, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Willow Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Ridgegate Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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