White River National Forest · Colorado

Woody Creek

8.9 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1994.1 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.2447, -106.7518 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Spruce Creek TH #1927 the Forest Service's write-up

To get to the Spruce Creek Trail, follow the Woody Creek Trail for 1 3/4 miles to the junction with the trail. Just past the Spruce Creek crossing, take the left fork (the right fork continues on the Woody Creek Trail). In approximately 1/4 of a mile the trail crosses the creek and remains on the west side of the creek until reaching Sawmill Park. The creek crossing can be extremely dangerous early in the summer. The trail disappears in the meadow at Sawmill Park. From here there are two options. Halfway through the park, on the left, is an old road that leads from the edge of the meadow through a spruce/fir forest and reaches the top of Mt. Yeckel in approximately 1 mile. The other option is to pick up the trail on the upper end of Sawmill Park and continue down Foster Gulch another 2 miles to Twin Meadows.

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Woody Creek TH #1994 the Forest Service's write-up

The trail climbs steeply in sections to the junction with the Spruce Creek Trail.Take the right fork up the hill. The Spruce Creek Trail is straight ahead. The trail continues to climb crossing the creek four times before reaching the ridge between the Woody Creek and Hunter Creek drainages. The trail follows the ridge, then descends to Deer Park. From here the trail winds to the junction with the Hunter Creek Trail. A right at this junction provides for a loop back to Lenado. If you want to continue to Aspen follow the Hunter Creek Trail.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.