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Burning Bush–Coulson Gulch Trail, 5 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 1,253 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Burning Bush–Coulson Gulch Trail, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,253 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,290 – 7,979 ft · steepest grade: 29%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Johnny Park Road 40.25750, -105.40633
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Burning Bush–Coulson Gulch Trail, 5 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 1,253 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 7,290–7,978 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Johnny Park Road · 40.25750, -105.40633

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

  1. Start on Johnny Park Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Coulson Gulch Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left onto Crash'n, heading E.
  6. 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Button Rock B Road, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Burning Bush, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Elk Trickle, heading SW.
  12. 1 miSharp right onto Elk Trickle connection, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left onto Johnny Park Road, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 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/burning-bush-coulson-gulch-trail-out-back-5-sights-8-km

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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