Akima's Way–Boot Camp, 10 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 1,374 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Akima's Way–Boot Camp, 10 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Winter Park, CO. It climbs 1,374 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Akima's Way–Boot Camp, 10 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 1,374 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Elevation 8,949–9,408 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Lower Boulevard · 39.88761, -105.76473
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 74°F / low 45° · precip 21% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Transit-accessible: Winter Park Resort stop 145 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Boulevard, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beeall Ucanb, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Green World, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tunnel Hill, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Serenity Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Lower Cherokee, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Twin Bridges, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Twin Bridges, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Sunset Pink, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Akima's Way, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sunset Pink, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto D3, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fire Cracker, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto D-4 Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Lower Boulevard, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Fire Cracker, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto D3, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sunset Pink, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Akima's Way, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Pink, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Twin Bridges, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Twin Bridges, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Ice Hill, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Serenity Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Tunnel Hill, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Lower Green World, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beeall Ucanb, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Boot Camp, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Boulevard, heading W.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Winter Park Resort stop 145 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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