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Bald Barber Trail & Illinois Gulch Road via Mount Baldy Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,314 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Bald Barber Trail & Illinois Gulch Road via Mount Baldy Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,314 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,873 – 11,523 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.44334, -105.99630
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
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Bald Barber Trail & Illinois Gulch Road via Mount Baldy Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,314 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 10,874–11,522 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.44334, -105.99630

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Illinois Gulch Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Baldy Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bald Barber Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftReach Illinois Gulch Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Mount Baldy Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Illinois Gulch Road, heading S.
  16. 1.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bald-barber-trail-illinois-gulch-road-out-back

Trail surface

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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