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Chantilly Trail–Fall Classic Trail, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,199 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Chantilly Trail–Fall Classic Trail, 6 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,199 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi10,128 – 10,735 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lincoln Townsite 39.48641, -105.98019
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
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Chantilly Trail–Fall Classic Trail, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,199 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Elevation 10,129–10,735 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lincoln Townsite · 39.48641, -105.98019

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto County Road 566, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lincoln Park Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Governor King Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Prospect Hill Road, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Sidewinder Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fuller Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sawmill Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Southern Cross Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miBear left onto Fall Classic Trail, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto Hard Luck Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Fall Classic Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left onto Western SkyTrail, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miBear left onto Gold Run Gulch Road, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Western SkyTrail, heading SW.
  19. 300 ftContinue straight onto Gold Run Gulch Road, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Chantilly Trail, heading SE.
  21. 300 ftReach Prospect Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 350 ftContinue straight onto Western SkyTrail, heading SE.
  23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gold Run Gulch Road, heading N.
  24. 150 ftBear right onto Western SkyTrail, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miSharp right onto Fall Classic Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miBear left onto Hard Luck Trail, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Fall Classic Trail, heading E.
  28. 350 ftBear right onto Extension Mill Road, heading E.
  29. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sawmill Road, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fuller Trail, heading SE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sidewinder Road, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 0.4 miBear left onto Prospect Hill Road, heading SE.
  34. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Governor King Trail, heading E.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading NE.
  38. 0.4 miContinue straight onto County Road 566, heading SE.
  39. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  40. 50 ftArrive 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/chantilly-trail-fall-classic-trail-out-back-7-sights-14-km

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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