Name: Waterin' Hole Loop
Rating: 3.7

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Bad / Closed 13 days ago

Closed for wildlife protection 1/1 - 4/1 History

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“An easy and short singletrack loop with a few intermediate sections to play on.”

— Michael Netland

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Dogs Leashed

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Description

On the Wildcat Mountain network of trails in the HRCA Backcountry Open Space, this loop is an overall easy and fast singletrack with a couple sections of intermediate features to build your skills.

This loop can be accessed by parking at the Rocky Heights Middle School and riding up the Douglas County East/West trail that parallels Monarch Blvd. Once you crest the top of Monarch, you'll see the gate and signage marking the entrance of the Wildcat Mountain Trail area.

This loop can also be accessed more directly by driving up Monarch Blvd from Rocky Heights Middle School, cresting the hill and turning left into a small parking area by the horse corral. From there, it's a short connector ride (0.2mi) to the gate leading into the Wildcat Mountain Trail area.

Contacts

Land Manager: Highlands Ranch Community Association

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Trail Ratings

3.7 from 16 votes

#1

in Wildcat Mountain Trail System

#5527

Overall

3.7 from 16 votes

5 Star		13%
4 Star		44%
3 Star		44%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

Rankings

#1

in Wildcat Mountain Trail…

#530

in Colorado

#5,527

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Backcountry, Highlands Ranch, CO.

Trail intersections and segment distances are w…

Looking back up at the intermediate sandstone f…

A good idea of what most of the singletrack on…

At the start of the trail, this gate is closed…

Trail intersections and segment distances are w…

The most difficult feature of this loop, about…

Slick-Rock like feature to practice your skills

Map of the Wildcat Mountain trail network, just…

2 Comments

Kevin R

I think it might be worth mentioning in the description of this trail that the whole system is signed as private property for the use of HRCA members only. Apr 23, 2017

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Bill Smith

The description says leashed dogs but, like most of the HRCA back country trails, there are no dogs allowed on this loop. Plenty of people walk their dogs on them so I'm not sure anyone regulates it. I don't mind but someone might. There's a little symbol of a dog with a line through it in the trail map photo. Jun 27, 2017

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1.4 Miles 2.3 Kilometers Singletrack	127' 39 m Ascent -127' -39 m Descent
3% Avg Grade (2°) 10% Max Grade (6°)	6,285' 1,916 m High 6,182' 1,884 m Low

Waterin' Hole Loop

1.4 Miles 2.3 Kilometers

Singletrack

127' 39 m

-127' -39 m

3%

10%

6,285' 1,916 m

6,182' 1,884 m

Shared By Michael Netland

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