Taylor Mountain Viewpoint–Bright Trail Extension, 5 sights
15.6 mi · ▲ 4,588 ft · 7 hr 30 min
Taylor Mountain Viewpoint–Bright Trail Extension, 5 sights is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. The route reaches Taylor Mountain Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 4,588 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Taylor Mountain Viewpoint–Bright Trail Extension, 5 sights
15.6 mi · ▲ 4,588 ft · 7 hr 30 min
Elevation 7,297–8,720 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.
- 0.5 miReach Taylor Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Bright Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading SE.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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