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Bear Creek Lake Park

Mount Carbon Loop–North Park Trail, 3 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 2 hr 56 min

Mount Carbon Loop–North Park Trail, 3 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Bear Creek Lake Park near Westgate, CO. It climbs 458 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,410 – 5,725 ft10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yale Ave Access 39.66762, -105.10033
Nearest town Westgate, CO
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Mount Carbon Loop–North Park Trail, 3 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 2 hr 56 min

Elevation 5,411–5,726 ft

Out & Back · Bear Creek Lake Park

Trailhead: Yale Ave Access · 39.66762, -105.10033

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

Transit-accessible: S Kipling St & Morrison Rd stop 796 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yale Ave Access, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Stone House & Greenbelt Trail, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Stone House/Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Greenbelt Trail, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading N.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading NW.
  17. 1.1 miBear right onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading W.
  18. 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  20. 0.7 miTurn right onto North Park Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miReach Stone House Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mount Carbon Loop, heading SW.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.8 miBear left onto Stone House Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  28. 0.9 miBear right onto Bear Creek and Stone House Trails, heading SE.
  29. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading E.
  30. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Greenbelt Trail, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House Trail, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftBear left onto Stone House/Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto Stone House & Greenbelt Trail, heading NE.
  38. 200 ftContinue straight onto Stone House Trail, heading N.
  39. 500 ftBear right, heading E.
  40. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 100 ftBear left onto Yale Ave Access, heading E.
  42. 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-stone-house-lake-out-back-6-sights-10-km

Trail surface

91% dirt5% gravel4% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: S Kipling St & Morrison Rd stop 796 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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