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Buckingham Park

Baughman'S Saddle Single Track Trail–Spruce Gulch Road, 5 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 3,315 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Baughman'S Saddle Single Track Trail–Spruce Gulch Road, 5 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Park near Lazy Acres, CO. It climbs 3,315 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,880 – 7,671 ft · steepest grade: 33%7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.11242, -105.30704
Nearest town Lazy Acres, CO
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Baughman'S Saddle Single Track Trail–Spruce Gulch Road, 5 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 3,315 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 5,879–7,671 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Park

Trailhead: 40.11242, -105.30704

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miBear right onto Baughman'S Saddle Single Track Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto 840, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Spruce Gulch Road, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Twin Saddles Single Track Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Fireman Hill Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Fireman Hill Bypass, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Fireman Hill Trail, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Fireman Hill Bypass, heading W.
  15. 250 ftBear left onto Fireman Hill Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wall Of Death Single Track Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Upper Creek Road, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miSharp left onto The Grind, heading S.
  19. 50 ftReach Baughman'S Saddle Single Track Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Creek Road, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wall Of Death Single Track Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right onto Fireman Hill Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miBear right onto Upper Fireman Hill Bypass, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Fireman Hill Trail, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto Upper Fireman Hill Bypass, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Fireman Hill Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Twin Saddles Single Track Trail, heading SE.
  28. 0.5 miBear left onto Spruce Gulch Road, heading E.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto 840, heading E.
  30. 200 ftContinue straight onto Baughman'S Saddle Single Track Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  32. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  36. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  37. 100 ftArrive 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/baughmans-saddle-single-track-trail-spruce-gulch-road-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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