Bailout Trail & Dakota Ridge South Trail via Red Rocks Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Bailout Trail & Dakota Ridge South Trail via Red Rocks Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Red Rocks Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 561 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bailout Trail & Dakota Ridge South Trail via Red Rocks Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 561 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 5,984–6,286 ft
Out & Back · Red Rocks Park
Trailhead: Red Rocks Trail · 39.66904, -105.20355
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 89°F / low 66° · precip 7% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Bailout Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Dakota Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Dakota Ridge South Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Bailout Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Dakota Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Bailout Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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