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Button Rock B Road–Elk Trickle, 4 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 507 ft · 57 min

Button Rock B Road–Elk Trickle, 4 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 507 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,474 – 7,858 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Elk Trickle 40.25486, -105.40850
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Button Rock B Road–Elk Trickle, 4 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 507 ft · 57 min

Elevation 7,475–7,860 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Elk Trickle · 40.25486, -105.40850

Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 83°F / low 58° · precip 13% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Elk Trickle, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Elk Trickle connection, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Johnny Park Road, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Stink Eye, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miReach Elk Trickle, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Reach Around, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Button Rock B Road, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Johnny Park Road, heading NW.
  20. 250 ftBear left onto Elk Trickle connection, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Elk Trickle, heading W.
  22. 0.2 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/button-rock-b-road-elk-trickle-out-back-4-sights-3-km-e715

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 83°F58°
Precip13%Wind19 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 79°61°
Sun 83°58° 27%
Mon 79°59° 26%
Tue 77°56° 23%
Wed 78°52° 32%
Thu 84°56° 38%

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