Vista Pointe Trail via Vista Ridge Community Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Vista Pointe Trail via Vista Ridge Community Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Vista Pointe Open Space near Mountain View Estates, CO. It is mostly level, with 136 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Vista Pointe Trail via Vista Ridge Community Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 136 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 5,070–5,238 ft
Out & Back · Vista Pointe Open Space
Trailhead: 40.00366, -105.01656
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 93°F / low 58° · precip 9% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Vista Ridge Community Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Vista Pointe Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Vista Pointe Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Vista Ridge Community Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Vista Ridge Community Trail Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Community Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Blue Gramma–River Trail, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 325 ft
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