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Tour Stop 50–1st/2nd Flatiron, 6 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Orodell, CO. The route reaches Tour Stop 50 at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 2,837 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,729 – 7,477 ft · steepest grade: 29%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Canyon Trail 39.98644, -105.31996
Nearest town Orodell, CO

Directions

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Tour Stop 50–1st/2nd Flatiron, 6 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 2,837 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 5,727–7,478 ft

Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks

Trailhead: Long Canyon Trail · 39.98644, -105.31996

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Long Canyon Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.4 miSharp right onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto E.M. Greenman Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading E.
  5. 500 ftTurn right onto Saddle Rock, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto 1st/2nd Flatiron, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Bluebell Spur Trail, heading E.
  8. 500 ftSharp right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftSharp left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road, heading N.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftSharp right onto Mesa Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto McClintock Upper Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Enchanted Mesa Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miReach Tour Stop 50, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto McClintock Upper Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mesa Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading W.
  20. 150 ftTurn right onto Bluebell Road, heading W.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Road Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miSharp right onto Bluebell-Baird Trail, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftSharp left onto Bluebell Spur Trail, heading N.
  25. 500 ftBear right onto 1st/2nd Flatiron, heading SW.
  26. 0.7 miBear left onto Saddle Rock, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left onto Saddle Rock Trail, heading S.
  28. 450 ftBear left onto E.M. Greenman Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.5 miTurn right onto Ranger Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miSharp left onto Long Canyon Trail, heading N.
  31. 1.4 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

93% dirt1% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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