Bitterbrush Viewpoint–Bitterbrush Trail, 5 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 2,170 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Bitterbrush Viewpoint–Bitterbrush Trail, 5 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Pinewood Springs, CO. The route reaches Bitterbrush Viewpoint. It climbs 2,170 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bitterbrush Viewpoint–Bitterbrush Trail, 5 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 2,170 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Elevation 5,455–6,723 ft
Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve
Trailhead: Sleepy Lion Trail · 40.22291, -105.35155
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 88°F / low 61° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Sleepy Lion Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Night Hawk Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Nelson Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miPass Bitterbrush Viewpoint.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Bitterbrush Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Night Hawk Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bitterbrush Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftReach Bitterbrush Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Night Hawk Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Bitterbrush Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miBear right onto Nelson Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Night Hawk Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- No dogs on part of this route
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