Administrator Use Road–Dakota Hill, 7 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 3,750 ft · 7 hr 7 min

Administrator Use Road–Dakota Hill, 7 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Gilpin, CO. It climbs 3,750 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi9,049 – 10,519 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Snowline Lake 39.88178, -105.50624

Nearest town Gilpin, CO

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Administrator Use Road–Dakota Hill, 7 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 3,750 ft · 7 hr 7 min

Elevation 9,049–10,520 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Snowline Lake · 39.88178, -105.50624

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 54° · precip 18% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Start on Snowline Lake, heading SE.
0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
0.2 miContinue straight onto Fairburn Spur Road, heading SW.
0.6 miSharp right onto Fairburn Mountain Road, heading W.
0.2 miTurn left onto Fairburn Spurs Road, heading SW.
0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
0.4 miTurn right onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading SE.
350 ftBear right, heading SW.
0.7 miTurn left onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading NW.
0.5 miSharp left onto Dakota Hill, heading W.
0.4 miContinue straight onto Upper Wide Awake Road, heading SW.
0.4 miTurn left onto Stewart Gulch Road, heading S.
2.2 miContinue straight onto Administrator Use Road, heading S.
1 miReach Fairburn Spur Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
1 miContinue straight onto Cold Springs Road, heading NW.
2.2 miTurn right onto Upper Wide Awake Road, heading SW.
0.4 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill, heading NE.
0.4 miSharp right onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading NW.
0.5 miTurn right onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading E.
0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
0.4 miSharp right onto Fairburn Spurs Road, heading N.
0.8 miTurn right onto Fairburn Mountain Road, heading NE.
0.2 miSharp left onto Fairburn Spur Road, heading E.
0.8 miTurn left onto Snowline Lake, heading NE.
0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Overcast76°F54°

Precip18%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity31%

Hourly temperatureRain chance

80°50°

6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM7:30 PM

Sat 73°57° 21%

Sun 71°54° 40%

Mon 72°53° 44%

Tue 74°50° 41%

Wed 71°49° 42%

Thu 76°53° 35%

Administrator Use Road–Dakota Hill, 7 sights

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