Border Line Trail–Marmot Passage Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Border Line Trail–Marmot Passage Trail, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Staunton State Park near Shaffers Crossing, CO. It climbs 834 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Border Line Trail–Marmot Passage Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 8,547–9,312 ft
Out & Back · Staunton State Park
Trailhead: 39.50898, -105.39131
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 57° · precip 14% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Staunton Rocks Climbing Access, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Staunton Ranch Trailc, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Staunton Ranch Alt Line, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Staunton Ranch Trailc, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Border Line Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Marmot Passage Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bugling Elk Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Staunton Ranch Trail Extension, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto North Elk Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miReach Staunton Rocks Climbing Access, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Staunton Ranch Trail Extension, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bugling Elk Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Marmot Passage Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Border Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Staunton Ranch Trailc, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Staunton Ranch Alt Line, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Staunton Ranch Trailc, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Staunton Rocks Climbing Access, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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