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Horsetooth Rock – Stout Trail loop from Horsetooth Mountain Open Space

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Horsetooth Rock – Stout Trail loop from Horsetooth Mountain Open Space

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3.1

(28)

40

runners

Horsetooth Rock – Stout Trail loop from Horsetooth Mountain Open Space

02:30

17.7km

630m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Roosevelt National Forest

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

562 m

Intersection of Horsetooth Rock and Horsetooth Falls trails — great views

Highlight • Trail

After climbing up the hilly meadow on the well-worn Horsetooth Rock Trail you hit a small ridge line where you get great panoramic views of the surrounding area. This is …

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2

4.19 km

Horsetooth Rock

Highlight • Summit

After scrambling up a series of short, but exposed feeling, ramps and ledges you reach the top of the iconic Horsetooth Rock. You get fantastic panoramic views from this long, …

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3

4.21 km

Horseshoe Rock Trail (scramble section just before the summit)

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Just before the summit of the Horsetooth Rock you leave the dirt trail through the thinning forest and head up the formation itself on bare rock. Although the scrambling is …

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4

12.0 km

Stout Trail

Highlight • Trail

B

17.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.6 km

1.69 km

1.30 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

17.5 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (2,170 m)

Lowest point (1,750 m)

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Saturday 10 October

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