Cheese-It
1.9 mi · ▲ 771 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Cheese-It is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Elkdale, CO. It climbs 771 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cheese-It
1.9 mi · ▲ 771 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 8,331–9,072 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.04630, -105.90790
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 43° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ballroom Black, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ashy Larry, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cheese-It, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ashy Larry, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cheese-It, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left onto Ballroom Black, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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