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Betasso Preserve

Benjamin Trail Loop & Loop Link Trail via Canyon Loop

3.5 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Benjamin Trail Loop & Loop Link Trail via Canyon Loop is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Betasso Preserve near Tall Timber, CO. It climbs 405 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,257 – 6,598 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.01556, -105.34420
Nearest town Tall Timber, CO
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Benjamin Trail Loop & Loop Link Trail via Canyon Loop

3.5 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 6,255–6,597 ft

Out & Back · Betasso Preserve

Trailhead: 40.01556, -105.34420

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Canyon Loop, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Benjamin Trail Loop, heading E.
  8. 100 ftReach Benjamin Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Canyon Loop, heading W.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  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-loop-link-trail-out-back-6-km-cecb

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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