Ballard Road Spur B–Ballard Spur Road, 4 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 1,898 ft · 4 hr 43 min
Ballard Road Spur B–Ballard Spur Road, 4 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 1,898 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,429 – 9,275 ft · steepest grade: 18%11.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Texas Cut 40.57947, -105.49043
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
Directions
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Ballard Road Spur B–Ballard Spur Road, 4 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 1,898 ft · 4 hr 43 min
Elevation 8,429–9,276 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Texas Cut · 40.57947, -105.49043
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Texas Cut, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Greer Spur B, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Greer Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Greer Road Spur C1, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Ballard Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Ballard Spur Road, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Ballard Road Spur B, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Texas Cut, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ballard Spur Road, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Ballard Road, heading S.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Greer Road Spur C1, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Greer Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Greer Spur B, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right onto Texas Cut, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
4% dirt96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM
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