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Ballard Road–Donner Hill Trail, 8 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,543 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Ballard Road–Donner Hill Trail, 8 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 2,543 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi8,390 – 9,515 ft · steepest grade: 18%12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Texas Cut 40.57947, -105.49043
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
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Ballard Road–Donner Hill Trail, 8 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 2,543 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Elevation 8,391–9,516 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Texas Cut · 40.57947, -105.49043

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 52° · precip 5% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Texas Cut, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 1.3 miBear left onto Greer Spur B, heading SE.
  4. 400 ftContinue straight onto Greer Road, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Donner Pass Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Greer Road, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Donner Pass Trail, heading NE.
  11. 2.4 miSharp right onto Donner Hill Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left onto Ballard Road, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right onto Ballard Spur Road, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Ballard Road, heading NW.
  15. 1.3 miTurn left onto Greer Road Spur C1, heading NW.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left onto Greer Road, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miBear left onto Greer Spur A, heading N.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fire Route 154, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Greer Spur B, heading NE.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left onto Texas Cut, heading S.
  22. 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.3 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/ballard-road-donner-hill-trail-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F52°
Precip5%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity33%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sat 78°57°
Sun 73°53° 37%
Mon 74°57° 23%
Tue 76°52° 23%
Wed 74°51° 33%
Thu 81°56° 40%

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