Bear Creek Trail (#666)

 5 votes
  1. Areas
  2. CO
  3. …Front Range
  4. …Colorado Springs
  5. Bear Creek Canyon Regional Park

1.6 Miles 2.6 Kilometers


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1,141' 348 m

Ascent

0' 0 m

Descent

8,238' 2,511 m

High

7,097' 2,163 m

Low

14%

Avg Grade (8°)

23%

Max Grade (13°)

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“A fast and loose downhill!”

— Stephen Stankevich
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Description

This trail is accessible from higher up Jones Park or from the top of Buckhorn. It can also be ridden uphill from High Drive. The downhill is fast and loose with exposure. The uphill is a beast.

This trail is accessible from h High Drive Climb - The steep side and intersects with Buckhorn trail. It is no longer up accessiblevia Jones Park #667 due to routes nishedJuly 2017 for a fis h.

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Pike & San Isabel National Forests Office

Oct 12, 2017: Pike National Forest Plans Prescribed Burning Near Woodland Park 2017

Oct 12, 2017: Pikes Peak RD Prescribed Pile Burning 2017

Oct 3, 2017: Pikes Peak Ranger District Reopens Waldo Canyon

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Oct 9, 2016
Matt Waltz
I climbed high drive and then up this beast. It's a rough climb with lots of hiking.(for me at least) the do was fast and loose as advertised.
Sep 29, 2015
Jason Bellew
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  3.6 from 5 votes

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in Bear Creek Canyon Regional Park

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Looking up to Mt. Garfield from the Bear Creek Trail (#666)
Looking up to Mt. Garfield from the Bear Creek ...
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Very end of Bear Creek Trail, waterfall to the left, canyon to the right. Nice place to rest after a hard climb!
Very end of Bear Creek Trail, waterfall to the ...
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Looking down Bear Creek Trail at junction with connector to Buckhorn
Looking down Bear Creek Trail at junction with ...
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Gregory Gehlhoff
Gregory Gehlhoff  
Was dissapointed with this trail, not much to it. Perhaps because the surrounding trails are so good, and it folows Jones park (is perfect) it was just lackluster. This is just a faster way off the mountain. Next time I'll climb back up to Buckhorn and leave this trail to the hikers, or mabee use it for a direct climb intsead of Highclimb drive. Aug 5, 2015

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