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Button Rock–Loop-D-Loop, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,736 ft · 2 hr 50 min

Button Rock–Loop-D-Loop, 4 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. The route reaches Button Rock at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,736 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,290 – 8,189 ft · steepest grade: 26%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Button Rock–Loop-D-Loop, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,736 ft · 2 hr 50 min

Elevation 7,292–8,191 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
  2. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Runner Up, heading E.
  4. 0.8 miSharp right onto Loop-D-Loop, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stigmata, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading NE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miReach Button Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 200 ftTurn left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Heart of Darkness, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Stigmata, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop-D-Loop, heading W.
  19. 0.7 miSharp left onto Runner Up, heading SW.
  20. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
  22. 350 ftArrive 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-loop-d-loop-out-back-4-sights-10-km

Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 82°F64°
Precip4%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun 79°55° 19%
Mon 81°60° 19%
Tue 80°55° 27%
Wed 83°55° 30%
Thu 76°59° 30%
Fri 83°54° 25%

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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