Aqueduct Trail & Rossiter Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Aqueduct Trail & Rossiter Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Keystone, CO. It climbs 482 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Aqueduct Trail & Rossiter Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 9,153–9,537 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: River Course Drive · 39.60097, -105.99999
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 75°F / low 46° · precip 9% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rossiter Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Soda Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Aqueduct Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miReach Rossiter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Rossiter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from River Course Drive Trailhead
- Dillon Reservoir & Snake River Trail 1.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Rossiter Trail & Scrappy Trail via Snake River Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 487 ft
- Keystone Lake & Rossiter Trail via Aqueduct Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Aqueduct Trail & Rossiter Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 425 ft
- Buzztail–Rossiter Trail, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Keystone Ranch Road–Red Trail, 4 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 556 ft
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