Name: Mount Falcon West Loop
Rating: 4.3

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It is easy to make this a little shorter or much longer. Add any of the nearby loops as desired. All the trails here are excellent, and each offers a little bit of history or a new viewpoint.

Description

From the upper parking lot, take Castle Trail and pass by Parmalee Trail. Enjoy some nice views and then take a right on Meadow Trail and another right on Tower Trail. This section is moderately steep and includes some steps, but has great views from an old fire tower near the top. Great place for a picnic!

Head down the hill and come to an intersection with the Parmalee Trail. Take a right and enjoy 2.5 miles of nice, somewhat secluded trail. The end has some rocky sections and several hundred feet of climbing but it's fairly wooded and cooler up here.

This is just one of many ways to connect the trails on upper Mount Falcon Park - be creative and make your own loop - you can't go wrong!

Flora & Fauna

Typical lower montane vegetation: ponderosa pine, douglas fir, a few aspen. Deer, bear, and mountain lions are known to roam the area.

History & Background

John Walker purchased 4,000 acres in this area in 1903 and built a house near the summit of Mount Falcon in 1909 (you can visit the ruins). Eight fireplaces, a music room, library, and 10 bedrooms made quite a grand house, but lightning struck and burned it to the ground in 1918.

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Land Manager: Jefferson County, CO - Open Space Dept.

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Trail Ratings

4.3 from 76 votes

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4.3 from 76 votes

5 Star		53%
4 Star		28%
3 Star		17%
2 Star		1%
1 Star		1%

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Great View of the mountains from Mount Falcon on the Tower Trail

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Oct 10, 2024

Mike Moore

Jul 20, 2024

Jeff Mooney

May 30, 2024

Mark Douglas Dally

Nice scenic loop.

Mar 30, 2024

Alex O'Connell

Sparkling clear day. Full parking lot but Parmalee at least nice and quiet. Mud, slush, dry, the gamut. Ends on an uphill — 1h 30m

Oct 16, 2023

M K

With family plus JoJo

Oct 14, 2023

Erick Riano

Jul 2, 2023

Rachel Hamalian

3.6mi

Apr 13, 2023

Edgar Villeda

❤️ 5.2mi — 3h 30m

Nov 20, 2022

David Carpenter

Oct 22, 2022

Tarita Fisher Boersma

With Jenna, Acadia, mesa and annie 3.5mi — 1h 56m

Jun 16, 2022

Tarita Fisher Boersma

3.6mi — 1h 16m

Jun 11, 2022

Lauren W

Jun 5, 2022

Alan Barnes

May 8, 2022

Michelle Kleman

1h 32m

Apr 29, 2022

Ben Krantz

3.6mi — 1h 03m

Dec 28, 2021

Ari R.

Oct 1, 2021

Ethan Gingerich

Aug 5, 2021

Sarah Sellar

3.2mi — 1h 31m

Jul 21, 2021

Matt Wrinn

Jun 2, 2021

Kyle Dobbins

Apr 25, 2021

Jordan Hergert

Mar 24, 2021

jon J

Dec 24, 2020

Samantha Peterson

Bring tracks in winter! 3.7mi — 1h 34m

Dec 6, 2020

Ronny Smith

Little bit of ice but otherwise clear for hiking — 1h 20m

Sep 23, 2020

Hollis Vohr

Jul 12, 2020

Emery Love

4mi — 2h 00m

May 27, 2020

Edgar Villeda

best trail we have found near us so far!

May 25, 2020

Ciara Mulvaney

May 16, 2020

Colin Trottnow

Apr 25, 2020

Mike Sanders

Mar 29, 2020

Erin Andersen

Includes Castle Trail to the Walker Home Ruins and back to the main loop. 4.7mi — 1h 54m

Mar 29, 2020

Mark Andersen

4.7mi — 1h 54m

Feb 23, 2020

Jeff S

Snowshoed — 1h 30m

Feb 22, 2020

Rondi K

Nice up and down, kinda icy today. 50 degrees and sunny

Sep 21, 2019

Chris Thornberg

Great views. Trails in great shape. Well worth it — 9h 00m

Sep 19, 2019

Rachel Clough

Aug 24, 2019

Sam Lindstrom

Nice, easy hike with some interesting views. Quite a few people, so not ideal if you're looking for something secluded.

Jul 28, 2019

Wes Mitchell

Jul 10, 2019

Brittany Ann

3.6mi — 1h 35m

Jun 16, 2019

Private User

Jun 3, 2019

Emily Trombly

May 19, 2019

Jeff Brillhart

8h 00m

May 18, 2019

Jessica Lopez

Apr 28, 2019

Lily Douglas

nice trail! saw the barrel cactuses blooming!!

Apr 20, 2019

KristiLee Halpin

Mar 31, 2019

Private User

Mar 31, 2019

Katie Bingmer

Very nice trail, muddy in some spots, still a good amount of snow. 3.6mi

Mar 27, 2019

S Thurston

Mar 23, 2019

Rachel Solorio

Some sections of packed down snow and ice, some dry, some mud 3.6mi

Mar 17, 2019

Bruna Casella

Very icy and still easy and gorgeous view of Denver and the mountains. Loved it. — 11h 39m

Mar 17, 2019

Samuel Canuto

Snow 100% of the trail. First, Meadow, Tower, Castle, then, Meadow trail again. 3mi — 4h 00m

Feb 17, 2019

Floyd Hartley

Clear and cold with lots of slippery ice on trails 4.8mi

Jan 20, 2019

Sam Scheidt

4mi

Jan 19, 2019

Kevin McDonald

3.6mi

Dec 23, 2018

Jamie Lewis

Nov 3, 2018

Mike Kruger

Good time, but had to carry Lydia a lot. Also snowed on us. 3.6mi

Oct 28, 2018

Alexis Tatham

Dry, sunny. pretty easy trail 3.5mi

Oct 27, 2018

Ashley Barron

Oct 24, 2018

Kyle Senft

3.6mi

Oct 20, 2018

Dylan Pradas

Nice trail. Down then up. Good views and watch towers. Did it in reverse. Counterclockwise 3.6mi

Oct 18, 2018

Lesly Doyle

Beautiful day to hike! 3.6mi

Sep 23, 2018

Jennifer Fehr

Sep 16, 2018

Leah RK

4mi — 2h 39m

Sep 9, 2018

Linda Tennies

Sep 9, 2018

Aaron Tennies

Sep 8, 2018

Tom K

Sep 5, 2018

Brent Mathews

Aug 22, 2018

Rich F

Aug 11, 2018

Brian K

Aug 1, 2018

Jeanne Ramsay

Jul 29, 2018

Joe Martinez

Just over an hour Run Down then up Castles are fun

Jul 20, 2018

Annie Swindell

Did part of this trail and meadow trail. 2mi

Jul 15, 2018

Rick Francis

Great views. Fairly easy hike with some elevation change. Saw an elk!

Jun 23, 2018

Sara Bularzik

with Natalie and Shannon and Bandit. pretty easy with nice views near the beginning. fairly busy after 10 3.6mi

Jun 23, 2018

Nick Bennett

2.9mi

Jun 22, 2018

Ryan William

Smooth sailing. Not many on the trail on a Friday afternoon. 5.2mi

Jun 11, 2018

Austin Quiring

May 24, 2018

Maria Verven

5.5mi

May 14, 2018

Samantha Cooney

3.6mi

May 8, 2018

Dennis Evans

3.5mi

May 6, 2018

Adrian Zarzycki

castle trail is better. start at the bottom. climb all the way up. nice castle and spot for wine with view.

May 6, 2018

Tyson Vinson

3.6mi

May 5, 2018

Danielle Kramer

Apr 25, 2018

Guillaume S

Apr 15, 2018

Jake Campbell

Apr 15, 2018

Tony Lardie

Mar 25, 2018

Martin Keithline

Mar 25, 2018

Ben Krantz

Mar 17, 2018

Janelle Elias

Very few and far in between patches with snow/mud 3.6mi

Mar 17, 2018

Laura Tobin

Mar 7, 2018

Vanessa Bayer

Feb 18, 2018

Shannon Lee

Feb 18, 2018

Ava Cecil

Feb 17, 2018

Carolyn C

Feb 17, 2018

Kim Campbell

Jan 29, 2018

Daylene York

4.8mi

Jan 16, 2018

Julie Smith

Jan 14, 2018

Malary Jones

Trail was on the easy side in terms of difficulty. Trail had some minor patches of ice/snow. Not a very rocky trail which I really liked. Beautiful! 3.6mi

Dec 20, 2017

Shandra Mondragon

Parent approved. Mild hike great view perfect sunset and sunrise. 3.6mi

Nov 10, 2017

Tyler Fish

Oct 29, 2017

Allegra Waterman-Snow

Oct 8, 2017

Michael Rock

Oct 7, 2017

Cam Morton

3.8mi

Oct 4, 2017

Daniela Hadfield

Sep 20, 2017

Sean Hunty

Hiking today instead of biking like last time

Sep 17, 2017

Karen Rock

Sep 17, 2017

Adam Rock

Sep 4, 2017

Patrick Csongei

ran this short loop on labor day and added in the ute trail as well 5.4mi

Sep 2, 2017

John Malley

Mount Falcon West Loop trail. Green/Blue first half, blue second half 4mi — 1h 15m

Sep 2, 2017

Stephanie Cox Engler

Aug 5, 2017

Jamma Lamma

3.6mi

Jul 30, 2017

Michael Rock

Jul 4, 2017

mike hesh

Great hike. 4mi

Jul 4, 2017

Sammy Feegs

Jul 2, 2017

Alex Miranda

Jun 28, 2017

John Daniels

Jun 18, 2017

Ashli Ward

Jun 11, 2017

dr greco

Jun 4, 2017

Kate Ballard

Easy stroll through forest and meadow 3.6mi

May 29, 2017

Alexís Rodrigo Vargas

3.6mi

Apr 15, 2017

William King

3mi

Apr 8, 2017

Chuck Royer

Feb 25, 2017

Chris Ammons

Feb 18, 2017

Katherine F

Feb 4, 2017

Jon D

Dec 29, 2016

Sam Fegen

Oct 9, 2016

James Pantos

Jeremy picked me up from the airport before GABF 2016 and this was an amazing way to kick of the week. The Summer White House location was awesome

Sep 30, 2016

Angela Hovis

Jun 5, 2016

Dan Hamilton

Apr 16, 2016

Jon D

Apr 9, 2016

Jon D

Feb 13, 2016

Sarah Mueller

Dec 31, 2015

Jon D

Nov 22, 2015

laura Kimble

Oct 24, 2015

Jon D

Sep 26, 2015

Jon D

Sep 13, 2015

Jon D

Aug 29, 2015

Jon D

Aug 15, 2015

Jon D

Aug 3, 2015

Frank Bear

Jul 22, 2015

Frank Bear

Jul 4, 2015

Jon D

May 31, 2015

Jon D

Jul 6, 2014

Anna Dolan

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