Trail Description
The new North Sky Trail provides an important trail connection beyond Boulder, linking the city's Foothills North Trail in north Boulder to the Joder Ranch Trail near U.S. Highway 36 and Neva Road. The new 3.5 mile trail is open to hikers, bicyclists and equestrians and will provide visitors with an opportunity to bike, walk or ride all the way from Boulder to Left Hand Canyon.
OSMP welcomes community members to visit the new trail but reminds visitors of several important regulations to help minimize disturbances to important plant and wildlife habitats in the area:
Visitors must always remain on trail.
Dogs are prohibited on the trail May 1 to July 31. Dogs are allowed on the trail Aug. 1 through April 30, but they must be leashed at all times.
No e-bikes are allowed on the trail.
Bell’s twinpod is a rare plant found along the North Sky Trail – it only lives in a few locations in Boulder County and Larimer County, and nowhere else in the world. It’s habitat is barren shale soils where few other plants can grow. Because of it’s rarity, OSMP requires that all North Sky trail users stay on-trail at all times so as not to trample Bell’s twinpod plants.
