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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Parachute Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Johnny Park Road, heading E.
- 4.1 miTurn right onto Johnny Park, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Fudgepacker, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Button Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Fudgepacker, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Johnny Park Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 3.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 78°F55°
Precip18%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity31%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°55°
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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