Cheese Ranch Trail & Welte Park Path
2.6 mi · ▲ 168 ft · 57 min
Cheese Ranch Trail & Welte Park Path is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Cheese Ranch Historic Park near Gateway, CO. It is mostly level, with 168 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cheese Ranch Trail & Welte Park Path
2.6 mi · ▲ 168 ft · 57 min
Elevation 5,768–5,873 ft
Out & Back · Cheese Ranch Historic Park
Trailhead: Welte Park Path · 39.55431, -104.91487
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start on Welte Park Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cheese Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Welte Park Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Welte Park Path, heading E.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 11 min before dark.
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