Anti-Pinewood–Loop-D-Loop, 5 sights

8 mi · ▲ 2,539 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Anti-Pinewood–Loop-D-Loop, 5 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 2,539 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,248 – 8,189 ft · steepest grade: 33%8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO

Directions

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Anti-Pinewood–Loop-D-Loop, 5 sights

8 mi · ▲ 2,539 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Elevation 7,248–8,191 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
  2. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Runner Up, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miSharp right onto Loop-D-Loop, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stigmata, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading NE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Pinewood Tech, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Anti-Pinewood, heading SW.
  11. 1 miReach Runner Up, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1 miTurn right onto Pinewood Tech, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading S.
  14. 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Stigmata, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop-D-Loop, heading SW.
  18. 0.7 miSharp left onto Runner Up, heading N.
  19. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miSharp right onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
  21. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 82°F64°
Precip4%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun 79°55° 19%
Mon 81°60° 19%
Tue 80°55° 27%
Wed 83°55° 30%
Thu 76°59° 30%
Fri 83°54° 25%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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