Buttermilk Peak & Franklin Mine Road via Rosa Gulch
3.1 mi · ▲ 1,195 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Buttermilk Peak & Franklin Mine Road via Rosa Gulch is a 3.1-mile out-and-back near Gilson Gulch, CO. It climbs 1,195 ft, with sections as steep as 46% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,258 – 8,898 ft · steepest grade: 46%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Franklin Mine Road 39.76242, -105.51217
Nearest town Gilson Gulch, CO
Directions
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Buttermilk Peak & Franklin Mine Road via Rosa Gulch
3.1 mi · ▲ 1,195 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 8,259–8,899 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Franklin Mine Road · 39.76242, -105.51217
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 73°F / low 55° · precip 10% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start on Franklin Mine Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Miners Point Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rosa Gulch, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Eureka, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Eureka, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rosa Gulch, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Eureka, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Rosa Gulch, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Drop Shaft, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rosa Gulch, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Craig Lange Memorial, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Drop Shaft, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Hopper, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Myers Flyer, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Morning Star, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Labyrinth, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Buttermilk Peak, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Prospectors Push, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Buttermilk Peak, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Myers Flyer, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hopper, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Myers Flyer, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hopper, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Drop Shaft, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Drop Shaft Upper Connector, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Franklin Mine Road, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
60% dirt40% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 73°F55°
Precip10%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity36%
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun
70°56°
41%
Mon
76°53°
48%
Tue
73°50°
49%
Wed
76°52°
45%
Thu
73°52°
37%
Fri
77°49°
30%
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