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Bitterbrush Viewpoint & Night Hawk Trail

3 mi · ▲ 659 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Bitterbrush Viewpoint & Night Hawk Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Lyons, CO. The route reaches Bitterbrush Viewpoint. It climbs 659 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,486 – 6,129 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bitterbrush Trail 40.21202, -105.28937
Nearest town Lyons, CO · Official trailhead info (bouldercounty.gov)
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Bitterbrush Viewpoint & Night Hawk Trail

3 mi · ▲ 659 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 5,487–6,131 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bitterbrush Trail · 40.21202, -105.28937

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bitterbrush Trail, heading N.
  2. 250 ftTurn left onto Night Hawk Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 200 ftContinue straight onto Bitterbrush Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miPass Bitterbrush Viewpoint.
  8. 0.3 miReach Bitterbrush Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left onto Night Hawk Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bitterbrush Trail, heading E.
  13. 250 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/bitterbrush-viewpoint-night-hawk-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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