Bamse–Cake Walk, 7 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 4 hr 33 min
Bamse–Cake Walk, 7 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back near Elkdale, CO. It climbs 1,221 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,330 – 8,826 ft · steepest grade: 18%13.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.04630, -105.90790
Nearest town Elkdale, CO
Directions
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Bamse–Cake Walk, 7 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 1,221 ft · 4 hr 33 min
Elevation 8,331–8,825 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.04630, -105.90790
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ballroom Black, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Moga's Mile, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cake Walk, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Traci's Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Sunset, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunset Connector 5, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sunset Connector 3, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sunset, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Outback, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Core Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Bamse, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Moga's Mile, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Core Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Outback, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sunset, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Connector 3, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Sunset Connector 5, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Sunset, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Traci's Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cake Walk, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Moga's Mile, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Ballroom Black, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- East Peak–Bucnasty, 7 sights 1.7 mi · ▲ 819 ft
- Bee Line–Moga's Mile, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 769 ft
- Tron via Drifter 1.9 mi · ▲ 763 ft
- Cheese-It 1.9 mi · ▲ 771 ft
- Ike's Trail & Strawberry Jam 2 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Fraser to Granby Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 241 ft
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