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.

Elevation

0 mi5,689 – 6,096 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.98619, -105.27219
Nearest town Boulder, CO

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Skunk Connector, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Skunk Canyon, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Mesa Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right onto Chautauqua Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftReach Tour Stop 90, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftPass Tour Stop 80.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebell Hiking Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Mesa Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Enchanted-Kohler Spur Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Kohler Mesa Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Spur Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Skunk Canyon Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Skunk Canyon, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Skunk Connector, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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