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Current Trail Conditions

Below are conditions reported by OSMP staff and volunteers. Please check our Trail & Area Closures page for temporary and seasonal trail closures. 

This table can be sorted by clicking on any of the column headings.

Trailhead AreaTrail Travel ConditionDateNotes
Bobolink Good

5/17

Bobolink Trail is clear and dry
Boulder Valley Ranch Good
5/7
Eagle, Sage in good condition
Centennial/ Sanitas Good/
Muddy, best to avoid
5/10
5/9
5/10 - Sanitas Valley Trail is dry
5/9 - Mt. Sanitas, East Ridge and Dakota Ridge trails all have many muddy areas. Steeper sections of the trail have water running down them which is pooling in places.
Chapman Drive Generally dry some muddy patches 5/10 Chapman Dr. generally dry
Chautauqua Good
5/17
5/11
5/17 - Chautauqua Meadow area trails in good condition
5/11 - Flatirons Loop, Royal Arch & Bluebell Mesa are good, only a handful of small muddy sections
Cherryvale Good/
Generally dry some muddy patches
5/17
5/9
5/17 - Bobolink is clear and dry
5/9 - Cherryvale Trail generally dry with some muddy patches
Cottonwood  
Crown Rock      
Doudy Draw Good/
Generally dry some muddy patches
5/21
5/17
5/21 - Doudy Draw and Community Ditch are dry
5/17 - Fowler trail is dry, Goshawk Ridge and Spring Brook Loop are somewhat muddy in a few spots in the shade
Dry Creek      
Eagle Good 5/7 Eagle and Sage clear and dry
Enchanted Mesa Muddy, best to avoid
5/5
Kohler Mesa & Skunk Canyon very muddy with standing water on the trail
Flagstaff Summit Generally dry/ snowy/muddy patches 4/21  Tenderfoot, Rangeview, & Ute Trails are generally dry with some snowy/slushy patches and a few muddy patches
Flatirons Vista Generally dry some muddy patches 5/11 Flatirons Vista (North & South), and Prairie Vista are generally dry with some muddy patches
Foothills Generally dry 5/19 Foothills and Hogback Ridge in good condition, two wet spots on east side of trail
Fourmile Creek Generally dry
5/19 Foothills and Hogback Ridge in good condition, two wet spots on east side of trail
Greenbelt Plateau Generally dry some muddy patches 5/11 High Plains, Greenbelt Plateau are generally dry with some muddy patches
Gregory Canyon Good
5/19
5/17
5/16
5/19 - Gregory Canyon and Ranger dry
5/17 - Green Mountain West Ridge, EM Greenman, and Long Canyon all dry and in good condition
5/16 - Saddle Rock and Amphitheater trails are in good condition
Lefthand Generally dry some muddy patches 5/4 North end of Lefthand Trail very muddy at start and about 20 minutes south
Marshall Mesa Generally dry some muddy patches 5/11 Marshall Valley, Cowdrey Draw, Community Ditch East, Coal Seam, Marshall Mesa, Cowdrey Draw, and Mayhoffer-Singletree are generally dry with some muddy patches
NCAR Generally dry some muddy patches/
Muddy

5/11
5/10
5/5

5/11 - Bear Canyon, Mesa, Fern Canyon, Bear Peak West Ridge, Green Bear, Green Mountain - only a few muddy/icy patches along the whole hike
5/10 - NCAR generally dry 
5/5 - Kohler Mesa & Skunk Canyon very muddy with standing water on the trail
5/5 - Mallory Cave Trail is generally dry with some snowy/icy patches

Panorama Point      
Realization Point Generally dry some muddy patches 5/10  Long Canyon only slightly wet with two small patches of ice 
Sawhill Ponds Good 5/7 Sawhill trails are in good condition
Settler's Park Good 5/21 Settler's Park, Red Rocks, Anemone area dry
Shanahan Ridge Good
5/19
5/13
S & N Shanahan Loop dry
N Shanahan to Fern Canyon and Bear Peak completely dry
South Boulder Creek West

Generally dry some muddy patches

5/7
South Boulder Creek West to Mesa to Big Bluestem is generally dry with some small muddy patches
South Mesa Generally dry some muddy patches/
Good
5/20
5/19
5/20 - The top end of Homestead is still very muddy by the seasonal drainage
5/19 - South Mesa, Upper & Lower Big Bluestem in good condition
Teller Farm - North Good 5/12 White Rocks and Teller Farms are in good condition
Teller Farm - South Good

5/12

White Rocks and Teller Farms are in good condition
White Rocks Good
5/12 White Rocks and Teller Farms are in good condition
Wonderland Lake Good 4/30 Wonderland Lake in good condition
 

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