Black Canyon Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Black Canyon Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, CO. It climbs 628 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,618 – 8,258 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.38849, -105.52305
Nearest town Estes Park, CO
Directions
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Black Canyon Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 628 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 7,618–8,257 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.38849, -105.52305
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Black Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
More from this trailhead
- The Citadel & Pear Climbing Access via Black Canyon Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,223 ft
- Climbing Access, Sundance Buttress via Black Canyon Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,346 ft
- MacGregor Falls & MacGregor Falls Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Black Canyon Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft
- Lumpy Ridge Trail via Black Canyon Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 787 ft
- Black Canyon Trail 16 mi · ▲ 3,769 ft
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