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Button Rock Mountain Trail & Happy Ending

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Button Rock Mountain Trail & Happy Ending is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,000 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,290 – 8,304 ft · steepest grade: 28%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Button Rock Mountain Trail & Happy Ending

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 7,292–8,305 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. 0.6 miBear left onto Happy Ending, heading NE.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miReach Happy Ending, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Happy Ending, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
  11. 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-mountain-trail-happy-ending-out-back-6-km

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%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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