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Button Rock Preserve

Button Rock Road–Coulson Gulch Trail, 5 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Button Rock Road–Coulson Gulch Trail, 5 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,428 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,628 – 7,848 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Elk Trickle 40.25486, -105.40850
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Button Rock Road–Coulson Gulch Trail, 5 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 6,628–7,848 ft

Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve

Trailhead: Elk Trickle · 40.25486, -105.40850

Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 83°F / low 59° · precip 15% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Elk Trickle, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Elk Trickle connection, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto Johnny Park Road, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Ridge Road, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miBear right onto Rattlesnake Gulch, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Button Rock Road, heading S.
  13. 1.2 miBear right onto Coulson Gulch Trail, heading W.
  14. 1.8 miTurn left onto Button Rock B Road, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Johnny Park Road, heading NE.
  17. 200 ftBear left onto Elk Trickle connection, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Elk Trickle, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 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-road-out-back

Weather

Partly cloudyTemperature 83°F59°
Precip15%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity26%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°55° 3 PM: 1% rain4 PM: 3% rain5 PM: 2% rain6 PM: 13% rain7 PM: 15% rain8 PM: 8% rain9 PM: 8% rain10 PM: 3% rain11 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 81°63°
Sun 79°55° 22%
Mon 79°60° 20%
Tue 78°56° 28%
Wed 78°52° 32%
Thu 84°57° 31%

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