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Bear Peak Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultLoop
Colorado

Bear Peak Trail

Boulder, Colorado

7.4 mi

Distance

3,048 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 26m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Bear Peak Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,717 ft
Max:2,545 ft
Gain:929 ft
Loss:929 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,717 ft and 2,545 ft across 7.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,717 ft1,993 ft2,269 ft2,545 ft0.0 mi1.9 mi3.9 mi5.8 mi7.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,718 ft
High point3.9 mi2,545 ft
End7.7 mi1,718 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Eldorado Springs, CO · in or next to town
County:
Boulder County, CO

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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