Name: Boulder: Eldorado Canyon State Park (3.6 miles)
Start: 2024-12-08T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-12-08T13:00:00-07:00

❄️ Spikes may be necessary depending on conditions ❄️

💰 State park annual pass or daily park pass required for entry.

By signing up for this hike/event, you agree to take sole responsibility for your safety and absolve me of any liability.

PACE: approx. 30 minute miles for easy trails, approx. 45 minute miles for moderate/hard trails. If you have difficulty keeping this pace, please carpool solo and be prepared to finish the hike solo, as we won’t be able to wait for a last hiker if they’re too far behind. Times for hikes are estimated with plenty of breaks & a slower pace already accounted for - keeping to this pace helps respect everyone’s time.

DIFFICULTY: Moderate // ELEVATION GAIN: 974 ft // DISTANCE: 3.6 miles // ESTIMATED TIME: 3 hours. Well-behaved dogs on leash allowed 🐶 WAITLIST: enforced to avoid parking congestion. Preference given to carpoolers, solo drivers limited.

🗺 LOCATION: (39.92956, -105.29005) copy and paste those coordinates into GPS app. There are a few small parking areas along the road in this area.

❓TRAIL INFO: Rattlesnake Gulch Loop on AllTrails
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/rattlesnake-gulch-trail--4?sh=qpuw6b

🚘 CARPOOL: Preference given to carpoolers, solo drivers limited. Meet at the Westminster park & ride in the covered garage section at 9:15AM (39.8574250, -105.0518167).

On the way to the hike, we can also stop at the Eldorado Canyon Park & Ride (39.92956, -105.29005) for anyone who lives north of Westminster (must communicate or we won’t stop there).

Westminster carpool meeting time: 9:15AM
Eldorado Canyon carpool meeting time: 9:40AM

Please reimburse your carpool driver!

LATENESS: We’ll usually wait 5-10 minutes before starting hikes. If you’re running late, please comment on this event page.

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Boulder: Eldorado Canyon State Park (3.6 miles)

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Boulder: Eldorado Canyon State Park (3.6 miles)

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