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Colorado Trail (Segment 8) & Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway

10 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Colorado Trail (Segment 8) & Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway is a 10-mile out-and-back near Wheeler Junction, CO. It climbs 1,104 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi9,748 – 10,276 ft10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Haul Road 39.49928, -106.15277
Nearest town Wheeler Junction, CO
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Colorado Trail (Segment 8) & Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway

10 mi · ▲ 1,104 ft · 3 hr 53 min

Elevation 9,749–10,277 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Haul Road · 39.49928, -106.15277

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Transit-accessible: Woodward stop 325 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Colorado Trail (Segment 8), heading SE.
  2. 1.6 miBear left onto Colorado Trail (Segment 7), heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Wheeler Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway, heading NW.
  5. 3.2 miReach Colorado Trail (Segment 8), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 3.2 miTurn left onto Wheeler Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Colorado Trail (Segment 7), heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Colorado Trail (Segment 8), heading S.
  10. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/colorado-trail-segment-8-fremont-pass-recreational-pathway-out-back-16-km-6c71

Trail surface

70% paved29% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Woodward stop 325 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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