Burning Bush–Reach Around, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 939 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Burning Bush–Reach Around, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 939 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,297 – 7,907 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
Directions
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Burning Bush–Reach Around, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 939 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 7,297–7,907 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 84°F / low 59° · precip 12% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 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.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Burning Bush, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Stink Eye, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Johnny Park Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Stink Eye, heading SE.
- 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
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 84°F59°
Precip12%Wind19 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
80°62°
Sun
84°59°
23%
Mon
80°61°
24%
Tue
79°57°
22%
Wed
79°53°
31%
Thu
85°57°
38%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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