West Face Redgarden Climbing Access Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail via Eldorado Canyon Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Eldorado Springs, CO. It climbs 4,155 ft, with sections as steep as 83% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,929 – 7,126 ft · steepest grade: 83%9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94041, -105.30848
Nearest town Eldorado Springs, CO
Directions
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West Face Redgarden Climbing Access Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail via Eldorado Canyon Trail
9 mi · ▲ 4,155 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 5,930–7,125 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: 39.94041, -105.30848
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1 miBear right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading N.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto West Face Redgarden Climbing Access Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto West Ridge Climbing Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Shirt Tail Peak Approach, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rincon Wall Approach, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Eldorado Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
More from this trailhead
- Eldorado Canyon Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft
- Streamside Trail & West Ridge Climbing Access Trail via Eldorado Canyon Trail 8.7 mi · ▲ 2,929 ft
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