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Bear Valley Open Space

Stone House Lake–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Stone House Lake–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Bear Valley Open Space near Westgate, CO. The route reaches Stone House Lake. It climbs 337 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,407 – 5,696 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail 39.66543, -105.09644
Nearest town Westgate, CO
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Stone House Lake–Mount Carbon Loop, 3 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 5,408–5,696 ft

Out & Back · Bear Valley Open Space

Trailhead: Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail · 39.66543, -105.09644

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Stone House Lake.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stone House Trail, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Stone House & Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
  9. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Stone House/Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading NW.
  19. 1 miBear right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  20. 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miReach Stone House Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.8 miBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  26. 0.9 miBear right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading E.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  29. 50 ftBear left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading E.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading E.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Stone House/Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House & Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  36. 200 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading N.
  37. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  38. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 150 ftTurn right onto Stone House Trail & Greenbelt Trail, heading E.
  40. 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/stone-house-lake-bear-creek-trail-out-back-4-sights-9-km

Trail surface

91% dirt5% paved3% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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