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Cake Walk–Fraser to Granby Trail, 7 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Cake Walk–Fraser to Granby Trail, 7 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Granby, CO. It climbs 1,506 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,999 – 8,826 ft14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fraser to Granby Trail 40.06387, -105.91866
Nearest town Granby, CO
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Cake Walk–Fraser to Granby Trail, 7 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 8,000–8,825 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Fraser to Granby Trail · 40.06387, -105.91866

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Transit-accessible: Silver Creek Inn - Door Q stop 639 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fraser to Granby Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.8 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftTurn right onto Ballroom Black, heading SE.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  7. 400 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Moga's Mile, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cake Walk, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miSharp right onto Traci's Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading W.
  15. 1.9 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto Sunset, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunset Connector 5, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Connector 3, heading W.
  20. 50 ftReach Fraser to Granby Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Connector 5, heading W.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miBear left onto Sunset, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading W.
  25. 0.5 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading E.
  26. 1.9 miBear right onto Traci's Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.3 miSharp left onto Cake Walk, heading N.
  28. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading N.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading NE.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Moga's Mile, heading NE.
  31. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  32. 150 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  34. 400 ftBear left onto Ballroom Black, heading NE.
  35. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.6 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading W.
  39. 1.7 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/cake-walk-fraser-to-granby-trail-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

87% dirt13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Silver Creek Inn - Door Q stop 639 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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