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Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Slough Pond–Black Bear Trail, 5 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 1,909 ft · 4 hr 31 min

Slough Pond–Black Bear Trail, 5 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Coal Creek, CO. The route reaches Slough Pond at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 1,909 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,203 – 9,380 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Aspen Meadows Campground Road 39.86438, -105.41538
Nearest town Coal Creek, CO
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Slough Pond–Black Bear Trail, 5 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 1,909 ft · 4 hr 31 min

Elevation 8,202–9,382 ft

Out & Back · Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Trailhead: Aspen Meadows Campground Road · 39.86438, -105.41538

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading W.
  2. 150 ftBear right onto Snowshoe Hare Access Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Service Road, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftSharp left onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Coyote/Mule Deer Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Horseshoe Trail, heading S.
  12. 2 miTurn left onto Black Bear Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Beaver Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.6 miReach Slough Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  19. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Horseshoe Trail, heading NE.
  22. 2 miBear right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miSharp left onto Coyote/Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading N.
  26. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miSharp right onto Service Road, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading E.
  29. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Snowshoe Hare Access Trail, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading NW.
  31. 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/slough-pond-slough-pond-out-back-7-sights-17-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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