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Buckingham Park

Castle Gulch Spur Road–Deadass, 7 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 2,089 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Castle Gulch Spur Road–Deadass, 7 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Park near Springdale, CO. It climbs 2,089 ft, with sections as steep as 44% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,099 – 7,136 ft · steepest grade: 44%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Castle Gulch Spur Road 40.10729, -105.35057
Nearest town Springdale, CO
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Castle Gulch Spur Road–Deadass, 7 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 2,089 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 6,099–7,135 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Park

Trailhead: Castle Gulch Spur Road · 40.10729, -105.35057

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Castle Gulch Spur Road, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Castle Cutoff, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Start The Party, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftSharp right onto Brown Town, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Ginger Booty, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Brown Town, heading E.
  7. 300 ftBear right onto Castle Cutoff, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brown Town, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Castle Cutoff, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wrong Turn Trail, heading E.
  11. 400 ftContinue straight onto The Grind, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto David Lee Roth Exit Trail, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftBear left onto Upper Ridge Single Track Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M&M, heading E.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Single Track Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deadass, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dead Pete, heading E.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Skinny Pete, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Left Hand Main Trail, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto More Ass, heading SE.
  21. 500 ftContinue straight onto Left Hand Main Trail, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftReach Castle Gulch Spur Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto More Ass, heading E.
  24. 450 ftBear right onto Left Hand Main Trail, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto Skinny Pete, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dead Pete, heading SE.
  27. 100 ftContinue straight onto Deadass, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Ridge Road, heading W.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M&M, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Ridge Single Track Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.3 miBear right onto David Lee Roth Exit Trail, heading NW.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto The Grind, heading NW.
  33. 100 ftContinue straight onto Wrong Turn Trail, heading NW.
  34. 400 ftTurn left onto Castle Cutoff, heading NW.
  35. 0.1 miBear left onto Brown Town, heading NW.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Castle Cutoff, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Brown Town, heading NW.
  38. 350 ftTurn right onto Ginger Booty, heading NW.
  39. 50 ftBear right onto Brown Town, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftSharp left onto Start The Party, heading NW.
  41. 300 ftTurn right onto Castle Cutoff, heading W.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Castle Gulch Spur Road, heading W.
  43. 0.9 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/castle-gulch-spur-road-deadass-out-back-7-sights-7-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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