Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Tour Stop 90–Tour Stop 80, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Tour Stop 90–Tour Stop 80, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Boulder, CO. The route passes Tour Stop 90 before reaching Tour Stop 80 at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 757 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tour Stop 90–Tour Stop 80, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 5,688–6,096 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 39.98619, -105.27219
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
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.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mesa Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Chautauqua Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Tour Stop 90, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Tour Stop 80.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Mesa Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Skunk Canyon, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Skunk Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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