Streamside Trail–Walker Ranch Loop, 3 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Eldorado Canyon State Park near Crescent, CO. It climbs 3,359 ft, with sections as steep as 50% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,798 – 7,326 ft · steepest grade: 50%11.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Walker Ranch Loop 39.93052, -105.33881
Nearest town Crescent, CO
Directions
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Streamside Trail–Walker Ranch Loop, 3 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 3,359 ft · 5 hr 25 min
Elevation 5,798–7,326 ft
Out & Back · Eldorado Canyon State Park
Trailhead: Walker Ranch Loop · 39.93052, -105.33881
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Walker Ranch Loop, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Walker Ranch Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Walker Ranch Loop, heading N.
- 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Walker Ranch Loop Trailhead
- Fisherman's Access Trail via Walker Ranch Loop 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,120 ft
- Walker Ranch Loop–West Face Redgarden Climbing Access Trail, 3 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 4,584 ft
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