Cake Walk–Low Road, 5 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Elkdale, CO. It climbs 672 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,330 – 8,901 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fraser to Granby Trail 40.05248, -105.90988
Nearest town Elkdale, CO
Directions
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Cake Walk–Low Road, 5 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 8,331–8,902 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Fraser to Granby Trail · 40.05248, -105.90988
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 43° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fraser to Granby Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ballroom Black, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Moga's Mile, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cake Walk, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Low Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Moga's Mile, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cake Walk, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Nature's Way, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Moga's Mile, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Ballroom Black, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading NE.
- 400 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
62% dirt38% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F43°
Precip9%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity36%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°40°
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat
76°55°
Sun
77°55°
Mon
70°52°
17%
Tue
77°48°
16%
Wed
80°51°
32%
Thu
77°50°
36%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Fraser to Granby Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 586 ft
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- West Peak–Fraser to Granby Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 665 ft
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