Valley Loop Trail
4 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Valley Loop Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Bobcat Ridge Natural Area near Masonville, CO. It climbs 364 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,499 – 5,732 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.50434, -105.24083
Nearest town Masonville, CO
Directions
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Valley Loop Trail
4 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 5,499–5,730 ft
Out & Back · Bobcat Ridge Natural Area
Trailhead: 40.50434, -105.24083
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Elk Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Horse Access to Cabin, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Valley Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Horse Access to Cabin, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Elk Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 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
43% dirt57% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
More from this trailhead
- Elk Meadow Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Elk Meadow Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Power Line Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Elk Meadow Trail via Valley Loop Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Eden Valley Spur Trail & Valley Loop Horse Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- D. R. Trail–Elk Meadow Trail, 4 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,387 ft
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