AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

10 Day Jacks–Drop Shaft, 5 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 1,657 ft · 1 hr 28 min

10 Day Jacks–Drop Shaft, 5 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Argo Mill, CO. It climbs 1,657 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,615 – 8,809 ft · steepest grade: 34%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Drop Shaft 39.74414, -105.50572
Nearest town Argo Mill, CO
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10 Day Jacks–Drop Shaft, 5 sights

1.9 mi · ▲ 1,657 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 7,614–8,809 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Drop Shaft · 39.74414, -105.50572

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Drop Shaft, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left onto Panic Switch, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rosa Gulch, heading N.
  5. 250 ftSharp right onto Gauntlet Gold, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto 10 Day Jacks, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Panic Switch, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Gauntlet Gold, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto 10 Day Jacks, heading W.
  10. 450 ftTurn left onto Crosscut, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftSharp left onto 10 Day Jacks, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Morning Star, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Rosa Gulch, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tectonic Drop, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Tectonic, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Morning Star, heading N.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hopper, heading N.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Drop Shaft, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left onto Craig Lange Memorial, heading N.
  20. 200 ftBear left onto Rosa Gulch, heading N.
  21. 350 ftBear left onto Drop Shaft, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading N.
  23. 500 ftSharp left onto Eureka, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftSharp left onto Rosa Gulch, heading W.
  25. 100 ftBear right onto Eureka, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftSharp left onto Eureka, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto Rosa Gulch, heading NW.
  29. 250 ftContinue straight onto Miners Point Trail, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftBear left onto Franklin Mine Road, heading N.
  31. 50 ftReach Drop Shaft, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 100 ftBear right onto Miners Point Trail, heading NW.
  33. 100 ftContinue straight onto Rosa Gulch, heading N.
  34. 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear right onto Eureka, heading E.
  36. 50 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading E.
  37. 50 ftSharp left onto Eureka, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto Rosa Gulch, heading E.
  39. 50 ftSharp right onto Eureka, heading N.
  40. 100 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading N.
  41. 450 ftSharp left onto Drop Shaft, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftBear right onto Rosa Gulch, heading NW.
  43. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  44. 50 ftContinue straight onto Craig Lange Memorial, heading NW.
  45. 150 ftTurn right onto Drop Shaft, heading NW.
  46. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hopper, heading SE.
  47. 150 ftContinue straight onto Morning Star, heading NE.
  48. 150 ftTurn right onto Tectonic, heading NE.
  49. 100 ftBear right onto Tectonic Drop, heading NW.
  50. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rosa Gulch, heading NW.
  51. 50 ftBear left onto Morning Star, heading NW.
  52. 50 ftTurn right onto 10 Day Jacks, heading NW.
  53. 250 ftSharp right onto Crosscut, heading NW.
  54. 50 ftTurn right onto 10 Day Jacks, heading NW.
  55. 450 ftTurn left onto Gauntlet Gold, heading NW.
  56. 50 ftTurn right onto Panic Switch, heading NW.
  57. 50 ftTurn left onto 10 Day Jacks, heading N.
  58. 0.2 miBear left onto Gauntlet Gold, heading SE.
  59. 50 ftSharp left onto Rosa Gulch, heading SE.
  60. 250 ftContinue straight onto Panic Switch, heading S.
  61. 0.2 miSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading S.
  62. 50 ftSharp left onto Drop Shaft, heading S.
  63. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/10-day-jacks-drop-shaft-out-back-5-sights-3-km-a6e3

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead

Hikes near Argo Mill, Colorado