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Betasso Preserve

Bummers Rock–Benjamin Trail Loop, 4 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 824 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Bummers Rock–Benjamin Trail Loop, 4 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Betasso Preserve near Crisman, CO. The route reaches Bummers Rock at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 824 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,129 – 6,657 ft7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fourmile Link Trail 40.03830, -105.35078
Nearest town Crisman, CO
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Bummers Rock–Benjamin Trail Loop, 4 sights

6.9 mi · ▲ 824 ft · 2 hr 43 min

Elevation 6,130–6,658 ft

Out & Back · Betasso Preserve

Trailhead: Fourmile Link Trail · 40.03830, -105.35078

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Fourmile Link Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left onto Benjamin Trail Loop, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Canyon Loop, heading SE.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bummers Rock Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miReach Bummers Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Canyon Loop, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Loop Link Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Benjamin Trail Loop, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Fourmile Link Trail, heading W.
  17. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bummers-rock-benjamin-trail-loop-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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