Hike Green Mountain and Bear Canyon Loop Chautauqua Park, CO

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Boulder's popular Chautauqua Park has a lot of really nice trails. This hike summits Green Mountain by using a combination of these trails to form a loop. Tara and I headed along the Baseline Trail, took the Ampitheater Trail for a short time, then ascended the north slopes of Green Mountain via the Greenman Trail. There were lots of pretty rock outcrops and the foliage was lush. There was also an unnecessary ladder placed along the trail at a steep section. There are also normally views along the trail, but we had lots of fog. From the summit of Green Mountain we headed west down the Green – Bear Trail, which wrapped around to the south side of the mountain and wound around quite a bit. Eventually it joined the pretty Bear Canyon Trail, which led east and had more views and cool rock outcrops. We picked up the Mesa Trail and completed the loop.

PEAKS ON HIKE
Elevation (ft) / Prominence (ft)

Peaks on hike

Elevation

Prominence

Green Mountain

8144 ft

504 rise

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Starting along the Baseline Trail.

Baseline Trail.

Heading up the Greenman Trail.

Greenman Trail passes a view, though we just got fog.

Approaching Green Mountain summit.

Green Mountain summit.

Yes, this tiny dog hikes the entire time without help.

Heading down to Bear Canyon.

Bear Canyon Trail.

Bear Canyon Trail, looking toward features that look like the Flatirons, but aren't.

Flatirons over there.

Along the Mesa Trail.

Mesa Trail, looking back toward Bear Canyon.

Mesa Trail, looking toward the Flatirons.

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