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Streamside Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail via Eldorado Canyon Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Eldorado Springs, CO. It climbs 2,929 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,798 – 7,100 ft · steepest grade: 52%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94041, -105.30848
Nearest town Eldorado Springs, CO

Directions

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Streamside Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail via Eldorado Canyon Trail

8.7 mi · ▲ 2,929 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 5,798–7,099 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: 39.94041, -105.30848

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1 miBear right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miReach West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miBear left onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading NW.
  8. 100 ftBear left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading W.
  10. 2.5 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.9 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

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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