Hike the West Creek Falls trail in Rocky Mountain National Park | Challenge Hikes

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West Creek Falls - 2.4 miles

Trail Type: Challenge Hike
Trailhead: Cow Creek
Location: Northern Park
Trailhead Elevation: 7,820'
Destination Elevation: 8,140'
Total Elevation Gain: 730'
Total Roundtrip Miles: 4.8

West Creek Falls

Trail Description
At the west end of the McGraw Ranch Historic Site in Rocky Mountain National Park, take the less traveled North Boundary trail and hike up out of the Cow Creek drainage to the saddle, then drop steeply down into the West Creek drainage. Signs of the 2013 flood are all along the stream and the enjoyable but lesser maintained trail eventually finds a path to the Falls.

How to Get There
From Downtown Estes Park, travel north on McGregor Ave, crossing over the Hwy 34 Bypass and continuing past the sharp bend to the east, where the road becomes Devils Gulch Road, for about 3.8 miles. Then take the dirt road that branches off toward the north for another 2 miles to the Cow Creek Trailhead.

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