Eldorado Canyon State Park

All CMC free trips and paid courses must notify the State Park of visits and pay a per person fee. 

• Paid CMC trips are charged $10 per person. This does not include the entrance fee.
• Unpaid CMC trips are charged $4 per person. Leaders must add a $5 (to cover credit card fees) fee to your scheduled trip for participants to pay. This does not include the entrance fee.
• If you are planning a climbing trip to the inner canyon, leaders must submit aclimbing registration form at the beginning of the trip (to the attendant or in the drop box) regardless if there is instruction/guiding involved or not.
  
• If you are planning a hiking/biking trip to Eldorado, leaders must submit a hiking registration form at the beginning of the trip (to the attendant or in the drop box)regardless if there is instruction/guiding involved or not.

Note: A portion of Walker Ranch Loop crosses through Eldorado State Park.

• If you wish TO START a trip at the Crescent Meadows TH, it is considered an Eldorado use and you have to pay a $10 vehicle use fee and $4 per person, plus $5 to cover credit card fees, consistent with other Eldorado state park requirements.
• If you wish TO START a trip in Boulder OS that crosses into the Crescent Meadows TH, you DO NOT need to pay a $10 vehicle use fee, you just need a $4 walk in fee.
  • CMC hike participants who have a KCW pass need do nothing more. If one person on the hike has a KCW pass, that will cover up to 5 hikers.
    • If a person does not have a KCW pass, they may pre-purchase a day pass on the CPWShop website: https://www.cpwshop.com/privilegepos.page
      • The item they would buy is 5PD - Individual Daily Pass for $4

Climbing: 

Mainly trad multi-pitch climbing, from 5.1 to 5.13. Bastille, Wind Tower, Red Garden Wall, West Ridge, Rincon, Shirt Tail Peak.

Multi-pitch trad climbing with walk-off or rappel descents. One to six or more pitches. Approaches from 5 minutes to less than an hour. Elevation changes in the hundreds of feet.

Eldorado Canyon Trail to Boulder Falls: 6.6 miles - 2,000 feet of elevation gain

Highpoint at 7,110'. The hike ascends steeply for the first 2.25 miles with an elevation gain of 1,170' then descends 645' for the next 0.9 miles to the falls.

Eldorado Mountain via Rattlesnake Gulch: 6 miles - 2,600 feet of elevation gain

Scramble up the Northwest Ridge to the summit (8,341 ft)

• Suitable Activities: Climbing, Hiking
• Climbing Category: Crag Rock Climb
• Seasons: Year-round
• Weather: View weather forecast

• Land Manager: Colorado Parks & Wildlife
  Eldorado Canyon State Park
• Parking Permit Required: State Parks Entrance Fee / Pass
• Recommended Party Size: 12
• Maximum Party Size: 12
• Maximum Route/Place Capacity: 12