Slough Pond & Black Bear Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Slough Pond & Black Bear Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Twin Spruce, CO. The route reaches Slough Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 502 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Slough Pond & Black Bear Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 8,165–8,378 ft
Out & Back · Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Trailhead: Horseshoe Trail · 39.83595, -105.40516
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 80°F / low 52° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Horseshoe Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Black Bear Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Beaver Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Slough Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Horseshoe Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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