Mt Falcon Ruins and Tower
Indian Hills, CO
On September 7, we managed to get in a hike at Mt Falcon Park. We followed the wide graveled Castle Trail out to the Walker House ruins and then circled back along the more rustic Meadow, Old Ute, and Tower trails that wrapped around a 7700’ peak and swung by the tower at Mt Falcon (at 7841’) and the Eagle Eye shelter. It was an amazing day to stretch our legs between concerts in this beautiful area.
Walk-Specific Map
Elevation Profile
Images
MFHOME1: Walker home ruins
MFMDOW1: Mallory, Marissa, and Kim on the trail
MFOUTE2: Typical scenery in summer 2024
MFTOWR2: Typical scenery in summer 2024
MFMDOW3: Typical scenery in summer 2024
GPX Download
A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.
Summary Information
| NUM | trackID | Primary | Description | Distance | CumDist | DeltaElev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MFCSTL1 | Castle Trail | Upper parking lot to Parmalee Trail | 0.09 | 0.09 | -35 |
| 2 | MFCSTL2 | Castle Trail | Parmalee Trail to Meadow Trail | 0.29 | 0.38 | -18 |
| 3 | MFCSTL3 | Castle Trail | Meadow Trail to Meadow Trail / Walker Home Ruis Spur | 0.41 | 0.79 | -88 |
| 4 | MFHOME1 | Walker Home Ruins Spur | Castle Trail / Meadow Trail to Walker Home Ruins | 0.05 | 0.85 | 8 |
| 5 | MFHOME1 | Walker Home Ruins Spur | Walker Home Ruins to Castle Trail / Meadow Trail | 0.05 | 0.90 | -8 |
| 6 | MFMDOW1 | Meadow Trail | Castle Trail / Walker Home Ruins Spur to Olde Ute Trail | 0.36 | 1.26 | -18 |
| 7 | MFOUTE1 | Olde Ute Trail | Meadow Trail to Olde Ute Trail loop | 0.06 | 1.32 | 4 |
| 8 | MFOUTE2 | Olde Ute Trail | Olde Ute Trail to Olde Ute Trail | 0.53 | 1.85 | -2 |
| 9 | MFOUTE1 | Olde Ute Trail | Olde Ute Trail loop to Meadow Trail | 0.06 | 1.91 | -4 |
| 10 | MFMDOW2 | Meadow Trail | Olde Ute Trail to Tower Trail | 0.08 | 1.99 | 18 |
| 11 | MFTOWR1 | Tower Trail | Meadow Trail to Mt Falcon tower | 0.42 | 2.40 | 220 |
| 12 | MFTOWR2 | Tower Trail | Mt Falcon tower to Eagle Eye Shelter Spur | 0.18 | 2.58 | -82 |
| 13 | MFEGLE1 | Eagle Eye Shelter Spur | Tower Trail to Eagle Eye Shelter | 0.03 | 2.61 | -38 |
| 14 | MFEGLE1 | Eagle Eye Shelter Spur | Eagle Eye Shelter to Tower Trail | 0.03 | 2.64 | 38 |
| 15 | MFTOWR3 | Tower Trail | Eagle Eye Shelter Spur to Meadow Trail | 0.10 | 2.73 | -31 |
| 16 | MFMDOW3 | Meadow Trail | Tower Trail to Castle Trail | 0.10 | 2.83 | -7 |
| 17 | MFMDOW5 | Overlook Spur | Castle Trail / Meadow Trail to overlook | 0.05 | 2.88 | 10 |
| 18 | MFMDOW5 | Overlook Spur | overlook to Castle Trail / Meadow Trail | 0.05 | 2.94 | -10 |
| 19 | MFCSTL2 | Castle Trail | Meadow Trail to Parmalee Trail | 0.29 | 3.23 | 18 |
| 20 | MFPRML1 | Parmalee Trail | Lower parking lot to Castle Trail | 0.16 | 3.39 | 29 |