Arapaho National Forest

Apex Spur Road–Dakota Hill Road, 8 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 1,862 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Apex Spur Road–Dakota Hill Road, 8 sights is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Gilpin, CO. It climbs 1,862 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,197 – 10,607 ft · steepest grade: 23%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jumbo Mountain Road 39.89823, -105.54353
Nearest town Gilpin, CO

Directions

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Apex Spur Road–Dakota Hill Road, 8 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 1,862 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 9,196–10,609 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Jumbo Mountain Road · 39.89823, -105.54353

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Jumbo Mountain Road, heading W.
  2. 1 miTurn left onto FS 290.1, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto Dakota Hill Road, heading N.
  9. 500 ftSharp left, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miBear left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miReach Jumbo Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miSharp right onto Michigan Hill Road, heading SE.
  14. 1.4 miTurn right onto Utah Hill Road, heading W.
  15. 1.5 miTurn right onto Nyementals Area Road, heading NW.
  16. 0.7 miBear right onto Apex Spur Road, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading E.
  18. 1.3 miContinue straight onto FS 290.1, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading N.
  20. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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