AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Spring Canyon Park

Spring Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 59 min

Spring Creek Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Spring Canyon Park near Horsetooth Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,056 – 5,151 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.53948, -105.12621
Nearest town Horsetooth Heights, CO
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Spring Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 59 min

Elevation 5,055–5,151 ft

Out & Back · Spring Canyon Park

Trailhead: 40.53948, -105.12621

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 300 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miReach Spring Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading W.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 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/spring-creek-trail-out-back-5-km-b447

Trail surface

68% paved29% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 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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