Chavez Trail
3 mi · ▲ 859 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Chavez Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Genesee Mountain Park near Spring Ranch, CO. It climbs 859 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,559 – 7,435 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Stapleton Drive 39.71681, -105.31504
Nearest town Spring Ranch, CO
Directions
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Chavez Trail
3 mi · ▲ 859 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 6,560–7,434 ft
Out & Back · Genesee Mountain Park
Trailhead: Stapleton Drive · 39.71681, -105.31504
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Braille Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chavez Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Chavez Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Chavez Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Braille Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt3% gravel
Weather
OvercastTemperature 84°F58°
Precip10%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
83°61°
Sun
81°59°
28%
Mon
79°59°
50%
Tue
77°56°
41%
Wed
77°55°
42%
Thu
82°56°
40%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Stapleton Drive Trailhead
- Chavez Viewpoint Loop via Beaver Brook Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 920 ft
- Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Beaver Brook Trail, 3 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 4,014 ft
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