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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Tucker Lake.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Van Bibber Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fairmont Canal Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miReach Tucker Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Van Bibber Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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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