Chatauqua Mine Road–Montezuma-Deer Creek Road, 4 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 4,182 ft · 7 hr 19 min
Chatauqua Mine Road–Montezuma-Deer Creek Road, 4 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back near Montezuma, CO. It climbs 4,182 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Chatauqua Mine Road–Montezuma-Deer Creek Road, 4 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 4,182 ft · 7 hr 19 min
Elevation 10,536–12,607 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Webster Pass Road · 39.56792, -105.86034
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 69°F / low 42° · precip 18% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
- Start on Webster Pass Road, heading SE.
- 2.6 miBear right onto Radical Hill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto Deer Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Montezuma-Deer Creek Road, heading NW.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Chatauqua Mine Road, heading NW.
- 0.9 miReach Webster Pass Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Montezuma-Deer Creek Road, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Deer Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Radical Hill Road, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Webster Pass Road, heading E.
- 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~166 min). Leave by 4:26 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Webster Pass Road Trailhead
- Webster Pass–Radical Hill Road, 4 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,900 ft
- Deer Creek Road–Radical Hill Road, 3 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,554 ft
- Landslide Peak–Webster Pass, 6 sights 12.3 mi · ▲ 2,936 ft
- Wise Mountain–Deer Creek Road, 4 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 3,550 ft
- Montezuma Road–Montezuma-Deer Creek Road, 3 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 3,992 ft
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