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Button Rock–Button Rock Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,847 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Button Rock–Button Rock Trail, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Pinewood Springs, CO. The route reaches Button Rock. It climbs 1,847 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,838 – 8,183 ft · steepest grade: 33%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock Trail 40.26943, -105.36260
Nearest town Pinewood Springs, CO
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Button Rock–Button Rock Trail, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 1,847 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 6,838–8,183 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Button Rock Trail · 40.26943, -105.36260

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 61° · precip 10% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Button Rock Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miPass Button Rock.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 200 ftTurn left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading W.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Stigmata, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miReach Button Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.9 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-button-rock-trail-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F61°
Precip10%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 83°69°
Sun 81°57° 21%
Mon 82°62° 24%
Tue 80°58° 21%
Wed 81°55° 30%
Thu 87°59° 36%

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