Betasso Preserve

Benjamin Trail Loop–Fourmile Link Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 725 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Benjamin Trail Loop–Fourmile Link Trail, 3 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Betasso Preserve near Tall Timber, CO. It climbs 725 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,129 – 6,598 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.01410, -105.34353
Nearest town Tall Timber, CO

Directions

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Benjamin Trail Loop–Fourmile Link Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 725 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 6,130–6,597 ft

Out & Back · Betasso Preserve

Trailhead: 40.01410, -105.34353

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Canyon Loop, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Benjamin Trail Loop, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Fourmile Link Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.8 miReach Benjamin Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto Benjamin Trail Loop, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Canyon Loop, heading E.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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