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Continental Falls

Summit County, Colorado

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Summit County, Colorado
Access status
Published trail route and trailhead documented
The walk
About 2.5 to 2.6 miles each way; about 5 miles round trip
Ground & access
Moderate climb of more than 1,000 feet. Old mine shafts and equipment are near the trail; heed warning signs.
Dayhikes Near Denver: Continental Falls

Follow the blue-diamond-blazed Spruce Creek Trail. Cross Spruce Creek on a footbridge just before 0.5 miles, go straight at the Wheeler Trail junction at about 1.7 miles, follow a 4WD road briefly past a small dam near 2 miles, and take the left-hand trail at the junction near 2.5 miles. It passes old mining ruins and reaches Continental Falls at about 2.6 miles. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

Spruce Creek Trailhead by the Spruce Creek and Mohawk Lakes trails to Continental Falls

Dayhikes Near Denver gives about 2.6 miles to the falls and approximately 5 miles round trip from the Spruce Creek Trailhead.

Moderate climb of more than 1,000 feet. Old mine shafts and equipment are near the trail; heed warning signs.

Where to start

Spruce Creek Trailhead, about 1.1 miles up Spruce Creek Road, which leaves CO 9 on the west about 2.5 miles south of the south end of Breckenridge. The road beyond the trailhead is rough and suited only to 4WD vehicles.

Timing & water

High-elevation trail; snow is common outside summer and early fall.

Before you go

No fee was mentioned by the source. Not confirmed with the Forest Service.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Summit County, Colorado.

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