Bard Creek Trail #83
Trail
11.4 mile
18.4 kilometer
point to point
83% Runnable
Intermediate/Difficult
Elevation
Ascent:
3,337'
1,017 m
Descent: -1,780' -543 m
High: 12,009' 3,660 m
Low: 9,613' 2,930 m
Grade
Avg Grade: 8% (5°)
Max Grade: 43% (23°)
Dogs
Leashed
Weather
Unknown
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“A rolling trail providing numerous photo ops from Empire, CO to Watrous Gulch Trail #95.”
— Tom Robson
Features
Fall Colors · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers
Awesome trail but it's important to note that the 2ish mile road leading to the trailhead is extremely rough. 4x4 REQUIRED... and I don't mean AWD,—for example my 2011 Subaru Outback would not be able to make it to the trailhead. You need a truck or jeep with serious offroad capability. Tons of steep and really rocky sections that would destroy the bottom of a sedan, etc.
Description
Following the mountain ridge north of Georgetown, views of the town, as well as the Continental Divide, are numerous. Traveling through fields of wildflowers, groves of aspen trees and passing several abandoned mines, Bard Creek Trail offers countless photo opportunities.
The last mile joins with the Watrous Gulch Trail and takes you to Interstate 70.
The last mile joins with the Watrous Gulch Trail and takes you to Interstate 70.
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Aug 26, 2018
Henry McLaughlin
Started at trailhead and went 9m before coming back. There are handful of “non-defined” parts of the trail were the trail disappears.
18mi
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