Ballard Road Spur B & Donner Pass Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,640 ft · 3 hr 59 min
Ballard Road Spur B & Donner Pass Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 1,640 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,232 – 9,275 ft10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Donner Pass Trail 40.58111, -105.46999
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
Directions
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Ballard Road Spur B & Donner Pass Trail
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,640 ft · 3 hr 59 min
Elevation 8,232–9,276 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Donner Pass Trail · 40.58111, -105.46999
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 80°F / low 56° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Donner Pass Trail, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Greer Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Donner Pass Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Ballard Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Ballard Spur Road, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Ballard Road Spur B, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Donner Pass Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ballard Spur Road, heading NW.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Ballard Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Donner Pass Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Greer Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Donner Pass Trail, heading N.
- 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 surface
73% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 80°F56°
Precip4%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity28%
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sat
78°59°
Sun
78°57°
37%
Mon
75°58°
23%
Tue
77°53°
23%
Wed
75°52°
33%
Thu
82°56°
40%
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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