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Back Door Trail–Mineral Hill Trail, 5 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,555 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi9,948 – 10,834 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: X10U8 Trail 39.48405, -106.00988
Nearest town Lincoln, CO

Directions

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Back Door Trail–Mineral Hill Trail, 5 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,555 ft · 3 hr 43 min

Elevation 9,947–10,835 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: X10U8 Trail · 39.48405, -106.00988

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on X10U8 Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Back Door Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Prospect Hill Road, heading E.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Governor King Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Wire Patch Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.1 miBear left onto French Gulch Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miReach X10U8 Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Wire Patch Trail, heading SE.
  13. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Lincoln Park Road, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Governor King Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 0.9 miTurn left onto Prospect Hill Road, heading S.
  17. 250 ftTurn left onto Back Door Trail, heading NW.
  18. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftSharp right onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto X10U8 Trail, heading E.
  21. 50 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

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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