Button Rock & Fudgepacker via Johnny Park Road

15 mi · ▲ 3,010 ft · 6 hr 30 min

Button Rock & Fudgepacker via Johnny Park Road is a 15-mile out-and-back near Pine Valley, CO. The route reaches Button Rock at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 3,010 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,615 – 8,636 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.23343, -105.48450
Nearest town Pine Valley, CO

Directions

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Button Rock & Fudgepacker via Johnny Park Road

15 mi · ▲ 3,010 ft · 6 hr 30 min

Elevation 7,617–8,636 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.23343, -105.48450

Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 78°F / low 55° · precip 18% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Parachute Hill Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Johnny Park Road, heading E.
  4. 4.1 miTurn right onto Johnny Park, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading E.
  7. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Fudgepacker, heading SE.
  14. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 1.3 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.4 miReach Button Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  23. 1.3 miTurn right onto Fudgepacker, heading SW.
  24. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  31. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
  32. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto Johnny Park Road, heading SW.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  35. 3.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 78°F55°
Precip18%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity31%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°55° 3 PM: 1% rain4 PM: 4% rain5 PM: 4% rain6 PM: 15% rain7 PM: 18% rain8 PM: 6% rain9 PM: 9% rain10 PM: 2% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sat 75°56°
Sun 77°55° 34%
Mon 73°55° 28%
Tue 74°51° 25%
Wed 75°50° 34%
Thu 79°54° 39%

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