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Betasso Preserve

Benjamin Trail Loop–Fourmile Link Trail, 3 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Benjamin Trail Loop–Fourmile Link Trail, 3 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Betasso Preserve near Tall Timber, CO. It climbs 757 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,129 – 6,598 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Betasso Road 40.01560, -105.34113
Nearest town Tall Timber, CO
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Benjamin Trail Loop–Fourmile Link Trail, 3 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 6,130–6,597 ft

Out & Back · Betasso Preserve

Trailhead: Betasso Road · 40.01560, -105.34113

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Betasso Road, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 300 ftSharp left onto Canyon Loop, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading SE.
  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 E.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Canyon Loop, heading E.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  15. 350 ftBear left onto Betasso Road, heading E.
  16. 50 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/benjamin-trail-loop-fourmile-link-trail-out-back-3-sights-11-km-d1c9

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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