Chavez Viewpoint Loop via Beaver Brook Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 920 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Chavez Viewpoint Loop via Beaver Brook Trail is a 3.9-mile loop in Genesee Mountain Park near Spring Ranch, CO. The route reaches Chavez Viewpoint. It climbs 920 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chavez Viewpoint Loop via Beaver Brook Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 920 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 6,564–7,490 ft
Loop · 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.
- 200 ftBear right onto Braille Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chavez Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Chavez Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading W.
- 2.4 miThe loop closes 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Stapleton Drive Trailhead
- Chavez Trail 3 mi · ▲ 859 ft
- Beaver Brook Viewpoint–Beaver Brook Trail, 3 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 4,014 ft
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