Long Lake Regional Park

Tucker Lake & Fairmont Canal Trail via Ralston Creek Trail

12.6 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Tucker Lake & Fairmont Canal Trail via Ralston Creek Trail is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Long Lake Regional Park near Spring Mesa, CO. The route reaches Tucker Lake. It climbs 505 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,660 – 5,932 ft · steepest grade: 19%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.84576, -105.21798
Nearest town Spring Mesa, CO

Directions

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Tucker Lake & Fairmont Canal Trail via Ralston Creek Trail

12.6 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Elevation 5,660–5,932 ft

Out & Back · Long Lake Regional Park

Trailhead: 39.84576, -105.21798

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miPass Tucker Lake.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right onto Van Bibber Creek Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  17. 1.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Fairmont Canal Trail, heading SE.
  19. 1.2 miReach Tucker Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 1.3 miSharp right onto Van Bibber Creek Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading SE.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  31. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  34. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  35. 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

41% dirt37% gravel22% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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