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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.

Elevation

0 mi5,532 – 5,729 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Foothills Trail 40.07045, -105.28270
Nearest town Pine Brook Hill, CO

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Foothills Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto North Sky Trail, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Foothills North Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills South, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Kiln, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Foothills South, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Wonderland Lake Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftPass Wonderland Lake.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Wonderland northeast path, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftReach Wonderland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 250 ftTurn left onto Wonderland Lake Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Foothills South, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Kiln, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Foothills South, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miBear left onto Foothills North Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Sky Trail, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Foothills Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 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

44% dirt44% gravel11% paved1% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 91°F59°
Feels like83°Precip8%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity15%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 91°70°
Sun 92°64° 28%
Mon 88°67° 36%
Tue 87°62° 22%
Wed 85°58° 30%
Thu 93°60° 32%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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