Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Tour Stop 40–McClintock Upper Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Tour Stop 40–McClintock Upper Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Boulder, CO. The route reaches Tour Stop 40 at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 581 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tour Stop 40–McClintock Upper Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 5,702–6,023 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 39.98619, -105.27219
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 91°F / low 66° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skunk Connector, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Canyon, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Enchanted Mesa Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Enchanted - McClintock Spur, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right onto McClintock Upper Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto McClintock Lower Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Tour Stop 40, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto McClintock Upper Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Enchanted - McClintock Spur, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Enchanted Mesa Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Skunk Canyon, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Skunk Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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