Hermosa Area Trail System
Goulding Creek Trail
Goulding Creek is best in September and early October, when the aspens turn.
It is a moderate 6-mile round trip above the Hermosa Cliffs by Tamarron.
- Length
- 3 Miles
- Climb
- 2300 Feet
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- From Durango
- 35 Miles
Getting there
Southern Hermosa Creek Access Northern Hermosa Creek Access To access Hermosa Creek Southern parking spot: From Durango, take highway 550 North from Town and turn left at Hermosa Park Road. Cross the railroad tracks and follow up the road to the southern Hermosa Creek Trailhead located about 4 miles up Lower Hermosa Road which starts near the railroad track crossing in the small town of Hermosa north of Durango. Find the trail heading north near the junction of several dirt roads near the parking spot.
Where it starts
The pin marks an end of the mapped trail. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Trail layout

The line is the mapped path. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.