AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Button Rock B Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Button Rock B Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 648 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,415 – 7,858 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Johnny Park Road 40.25750, -105.40633
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Button Rock B Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 7,415–7,860 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 E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Johnny Park Road, heading S.
  18. 0.6 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-out-back-4-km-c7ef

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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