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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Ballroom Black, heading E.
  5. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  6. 400 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Moga's Mile, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading S.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cake Walk, heading SE.
  12. 0.8 miSharp right onto Traci's Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading SW.
  14. 1.9 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading S.
  15. 0.5 miBear left onto Sunset, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunset Connector 5, heading W.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Sunset Connector 3, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sunset, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Outback, heading SW.
  21. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 300 ftTurn right onto Core Trail, heading NE.
  24. 450 ftTurn left onto Bamse, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miReach Moga's Mile, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right onto Core Trail, heading SW.
  27. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miSharp left onto Outback, heading W.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sunset, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Connector 3, heading N.
  32. 100 ftTurn right onto Sunset Connector 5, heading N.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  34. 0.1 miBear left onto Sunset, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading N.
  36. 0.5 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading E.
  37. 1.9 miBear right onto Traci's Trail, heading S.
  38. 0.3 miSharp left onto Cake Walk, heading N.
  39. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading E.
  40. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading N.
  41. 150 ftContinue straight onto Moga's Mile, heading NE.
  42. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  43. 150 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading NE.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  45. 400 ftBear left onto Ballroom Black, heading NE.
  46. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  47. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  48. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  49. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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