Bright Trail Extension–Bright Trail, 5 sights
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,648 ft · 7 hr 29 min
Bright Trail Extension–Bright Trail, 5 sights is a 15.5-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 4,648 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,297 – 8,770 ft · steepest grade: 35%16.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
Directions
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Bright Trail Extension–Bright Trail, 5 sights
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,648 ft · 7 hr 29 min
Elevation 7,297–8,770 ft
Out & Back
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
- Start on Stink Eye, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Reach Around, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Bright Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miBear right onto Taylor Mountain, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Taylor Mountain Spur, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Stink Eye, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Taylor Mountain, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Bright Trail, heading E.
- 3.5 miTurn right onto Johnny Park Road, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Johnny Park, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Stink Eye, heading E.
- 0.7 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
70% dirt30% 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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