Apex Park
Golden, Colorado
| Address: | ~Apex Trail, Golden, CO 80401, USA |
| GPS: |
39°42'55.3"N 105°12'40.9"W Maps | Directions |
| State: | Colorado |
| Trail Length: | 8.00 miles |
| MTB Difficulty: | Advanced |
| Trail Type: | Network |
| MTB Trail Type: | Singletrack |
Mountain Bike
From the Heritage Square parking lot, take Apex trail west into Apex gulch. Take a right onto the first trail that branches off about a mile up. This is the Pick n' Sledgetrail. Follow this for 0.9 miles until it branches with the Grubstakeloop. Take a right onto Grubstake and follow it as it winds aroundthe mountain and you start going south again. When you see the Sluiceboxtrail, take it down to Apex trail. Once back on Apex, take a rightand go up the gulch. Once you get to the Enchanted forest trailhead,you have 2 options. This point is the bottom of a loop, so you caneither keep going up Apex and decend the Enchanted Forest, or doit in reverse. Either way there are steep uphills and fun downhills. Once you finish the loop, get back on Apex and decend to the parking lot. Courtesy of Singletracks.com
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Apex Park
Apex Park is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Golden, Colorado. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of Apex Park bike trail in Golden.
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- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel & camp on durable surfaces
- Dispose of waste properly
- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
- Respect wildlife
- Be considerate of other visitors
Directions
From Golden, Colorado
- Head southwest on 12th St toward Washington Ave (82 ft)
- Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Washington Ave (0.5 mi)
- Turn right onto 19th St (0.3 mi)
- At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on 19th St (0.2 mi)
- Slight left to merge onto 6th Ave (1.3 mi)
- Turn right onto Heritage Rd (0.3 mi)
- At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on Heritage Rd (0.3 mi)
- At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on Heritage Rd (0.1 mi)
- At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on Heritage Rd (0.3 mi)
- Continue straight onto W Colfax Ave (0.3 mi)
- Sharp right (0.1 mi)
- Keep left (0.1 mi)
- Turn right (0.1 mi)
- Turn rightDestination will be on the left(135 ft)
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