Chavez Viewpoint via Beaver Brook Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Chavez Viewpoint via Beaver Brook Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Genesee Mountain Park near Spring Ranch, CO. The route reaches Chavez Viewpoint. It climbs 1,029 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chavez Viewpoint via Beaver Brook Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 6,564–7,606 ft
Out & Back · Genesee Mountain Park
Trailhead: 39.71447, -105.30840
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Braille Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chavez Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Chavez Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading W.
- 2.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Chavez Trail via Beaver Brook Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft
- Beaver Brook Viewpoint & Chavez Trail via Beaver Brook Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 3,742 ft
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