Black Slabbath–Button Rock Mountain Trail Loop, 7 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,735 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Black Slabbath–Button Rock Mountain Trail Loop, 7 sights is a 6-mile loop near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,735 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,290 – 8,360 ft · steepest grade: 30%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO

Directions

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Black Slabbath–Button Rock Mountain Trail Loop, 7 sights

6 mi · ▲ 1,735 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Elevation 7,292–8,361 ft

Loop

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Happy Ending, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Loop, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Black Slabbath, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Oh Danny Boy, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Stigmata, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop-D-Loop, heading W.
  12. 200 ftSharp right, heading W.
  13. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Runner Up, heading SW.
  14. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
  16. 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 82°F64°
Precip4%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun 79°55° 19%
Mon 81°60° 19%
Tue 80°55° 27%
Wed 83°55° 30%
Thu 76°59° 30%
Fri 83°54° 25%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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