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
- Start on Saint Vrain Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 3.7 miTurn left onto Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 2.3 miBear right onto Rock Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miReach Saint Vrain Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn right onto Saint Vrain Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 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
More from Saint Vrain Mountain Trail Trailhead
- Meadow Mountain via Saint Vrain Mountain Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 2,672 ft
- Saint Vrain Mountain–Saint Vrain Mountain Summit Route, 3 sights 8.4 mi · ▲ 3,234 ft
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- Coney Creek Road–Coney Flats Road, 4 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 4,444 ft
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