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Maxwell Natural Area

Tiger Rock–Mental Block, 11 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 811 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Tiger Rock–Mental Block, 11 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Maxwell Natural Area near Drakes, CO. The route passes Dixon Reservoir, Dixon Reservoir Beach, Tiger Rock and 2 more before reaching Horsetooth Reservoir at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 811 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,069 – 5,656 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Spring Creek Trail 40.55158, -105.11320
Nearest town Drakes, CO
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Tiger Rock–Mental Block, 11 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 811 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Elevation 5,068–5,657 ft

Out & Back · Maxwell Natural Area

Trailhead: Spring Creek Trail · 40.55158, -105.11320

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Transit-accessible: Drake & Taft Hill stop 128 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Spring Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading S.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  11. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  12. 300 ftBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Neighborhood Access Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miPass Dixon Reservoir.
  15. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto Reservoir Loop Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.8 miPass Dixon Reservoir Beach.
  18. 500 ftSharp right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail (Maxwell Loop), heading N.
  22. 0.8 miSharp right onto Foothills Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftPass Mental Block.
  25. 50 ftPass Penny Boulder.
  26. 50 ftPass Horsetooth Reservoir.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  29. 300 ftReach Tiger Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  31. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  32. 0.1 miSharp left onto Foothills Trail (Maxwell Loop), heading W.
  33. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Foothills Trail, heading E.
  34. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  36. 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservoir Loop Trail, heading S.
  37. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  38. 250 ftSharp right onto Neighborhood Access Trail, heading SE.
  39. 0.1 miBear right onto Ridge Trail, heading S.
  40. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  41. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  42. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  43. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
  44. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  46. 250 ftBear left onto Spring Creek Park Trail, heading S.
  47. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  48. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  49. 350 ftBear right onto Spring Creek Trail, heading S.
  50. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  51. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  52. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  53. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tiger-rock-tiger-rock-out-back-13-rocks-11-km

Trail surface

77% dirt22% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Drake & Taft Hill stop 128 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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