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Bear Peak is a mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 8,459-foot (2,578 m) peak is located in Boulder Mountain Park , 5.2 miles (8.3 km) south-southwest ( bearing 206°) of downtown Boulder in Boulder County , Colorado , United States .
Boulder: Boulder: Central: website, operated by the City on Flagstaff Mountain: Fountain Creek Nature Center: Colorado Springs: El Paso: South-Central Colorado: Operated by the County in Fountain Creek Regional Park, exhibits include wetlands, plants, wildlife, weather and climate, and the mountain backdrop Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature ...
Navajo Peak, as seen from the top of Pawnee Peak. The Indian Peaks Wilderness is a 73,931 acre wilderness area in north central Colorado managed jointly by the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and small parts of the southern section of Rocky Mountain National Park.
The park entrance lies immediately west of Eldorado Springs on State Highway 170. To the west of El Dorado Canyon State Park is the Roosevelt National Forest and Colorado's Front Range. East of the site, there are the heavily populated areas of Boulder and Denver on the High Plains. [4]
The hike gains 2,400 ft (730 m) in elevation, with the trailhead starting at 7,158 ft (2,182 m). [8] In March 2015, a man attempting to hike to the top of the peak was reported missing by relatives. After search teams were sent out, the man's body was found off of the trail among a boulder field.
A mountain creek runs through the park. [4] The trails are open from dawn to dusk each day. [5] A short 0.4-mile (0.64 km) trail, Bear Creek Trail, provides a trail from the eastern edge of the park at 8th Street to the Pikes Peak Greenway in the Power Plant Reach. [9] [10]
Wilderness near the Alpine Loop. (Wildhorse Peak on the left) The Alpine Loop Back Country Byway is a rugged 63-mile (101 km) Back Country Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in the high San Juan Mountains of Hindale, Ouray, and San Juan counties, Colorado, USA. The byway connects the mountain towns of Lake City, Ouray, and ...
Pawnee Pass, elevation 12,542 ft (3,823 m), is a mountain pass that crosses the Continental Divide in the Indian Peaks of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the United States. It is located near the Long Lake Trailhead in the Brainard Lake Recreation Area of the Indian Peaks Wilderness. [ 2 ]