Indian Peaks Wilderness

Rock Creek Trail & Saint Vrain Mountain Trail

13.9 mi · ▲ 4,587 ft · 6 hr 56 min

Rock Creek Trail & Saint Vrain Mountain Trail is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near Allenspark, CO. It climbs 4,587 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi8,954 – 11,346 ft · steepest grade: 22%14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Saint Vrain Mountain Trail 40.17429, -105.53341
Nearest town Allenspark, CO

Directions

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Rock Creek Trail & Saint Vrain Mountain Trail

13.9 mi · ▲ 4,587 ft · 6 hr 56 min

Elevation 8,954–11,345 ft

Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness

Trailhead: Saint Vrain Mountain Trail · 40.17429, -105.53341

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Saint Vrain Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  2. 3.7 miTurn left onto Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.3 miBear right onto Rock Creek Road, heading NE.
  4. 0.9 miReach Saint Vrain Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 2.3 miTurn right onto Saint Vrain Mountain Trail, heading N.
  7. 3.6 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

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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