Tiger Rock–Mental Block, 8 rocks is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Maxwell Natural Area near Mountain View, CO. The route passes Dixon Reservoir, Dixon Reservoir Beach, Tiger Rock and 2 more before reaching Horsetooth Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 607 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,181 – 5,656 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.55110, -105.14292
Nearest town Mountain View, CO
Directions
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Tiger Rock–Mental Block, 8 rocks
4.2 mi · ▲ 607 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 5,181–5,657 ft
Out & Back · Maxwell Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.55110, -105.14292
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Dixon Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Dixon Reservoir Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Dixon Reservoir), heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Reservoir Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Maxwell Loop), heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Foothills Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftPass Mental Block.
- 50 ftPass Penny Boulder.
- 50 ftPass Horsetooth Reservoir.
- 200 ftReach Tiger Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Foothills Trail (Maxwell Loop), heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservoir Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Foothills Trail (Dixon Reservoir), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
97% dirt1% paved2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dixon Reservoir–Dixon Reservoir Beach Loop, 5 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 265 ft
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