Wonderland Lake–Foothills North Trail, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks near Pine Brook Hill, CO. The route reaches Wonderland Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 333 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wonderland Lake–Foothills North Trail, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 333 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 5,532–5,728 ft
Out & Back · Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Trailhead: Foothills Trail · 40.07045, -105.28270
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 91°F / low 59° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Foothills Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Sky Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Foothills North Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills South, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Kiln, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills South, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Wonderland Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Wonderland Lake.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Wonderland northeast path, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Wonderland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Wonderland Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Foothills South, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Kiln, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Foothills South, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Foothills North Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Sky Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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