Button Rock B Road–Reach Around, 3 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 680 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Button Rock B Road–Reach Around, 3 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 680 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,284 – 7,858 ft · steepest grade: 23%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.24982, -105.40951
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
Directions
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Button Rock B Road–Reach Around, 3 sights
2.3 mi · ▲ 680 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 7,285–7,860 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.24982, -105.40951
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 83°F / low 58° · precip 13% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Stink Eye, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Reach Around, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Stink Eye, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Reach Around, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
- 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 surface
57% dirt43% 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%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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