Name: Bard Creek Trail #83
Rating: 3.7

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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.

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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.

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Land Manager: USFS - Arapaho National Forests - Clear Creek Ranger District

Shared By:

Tom Robson with improvements by Andrew Coulter

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Trail Ratings

3.7 from 7 votes

#13

in Georgetown

#15153

Overall

3.7 from 7 votes

5 Star		14%
4 Star		57%
3 Star		14%
2 Star		14%
1 Star		0%

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#13

in Georgetown

#1,313

in Colorado

#15,153

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Watrous Gulch Trail and Bard Cr Trail Sign

Jun 9, 2018 near Georgetown, CO

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Jun 6, 2021

Michael Rodgers

Trail in the app starts at a random point on the road in. You can either start lower and add miles (to save your car) or continue to the trailhead. — 2h 30m

Sep 8, 2018

Mirka Gores

Devil on the Divide race 29mi

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

Jun 8, 2017

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