Betasso Preserve

Bummers Rock & Canyon Loop

4 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Bummers Rock & Canyon Loop is a 4-mile out-and-back in Betasso Preserve near Tall Timber, CO. The route reaches Bummers Rock. It climbs 581 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,162 – 6,657 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Betasso Road 40.01560, -105.34113
Nearest town Tall Timber, CO

Directions

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Bummers Rock & Canyon Loop

4 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 6,162–6,658 ft

Out & Back · Betasso Preserve

Trailhead: Betasso Road · 40.01560, -105.34113

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Betasso Road, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  3. 300 ftSharp left onto Canyon Loop, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bummers Rock Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miReach Bummers Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Canyon Loop, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 2.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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