Button Rock Preserve

Cook Mountain–Cook Mountain Summit (unmaintained), 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 1,281 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Cook Mountain–Cook Mountain Summit (unmaintained), 3 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Big Elk Meadows, CO. The route reaches Cook Mountain at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 1,281 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,966 – 7,658 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.25001, -105.41069
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO

Directions

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Cook Mountain–Cook Mountain Summit (unmaintained), 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 1,281 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 6,965–7,659 ft

Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.25001, -105.41069

Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 83°F / low 58° · precip 13% · wind 19 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Coulson Gulch Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.8 miBear left onto Button Rock Road, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto Cook Mountain Summit (unmaintained), heading S.
  4. 0.8 miReach Cook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto Button Rock Road, heading W.
  6. 450 ftBear right onto Coulson Gulch Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 83°F58°
Precip13%Wind19 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
85°55°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 79°61°
Sun 83°58° 27%
Mon 79°59° 26%
Tue 77°56° 23%
Wed 78°52° 32%
Thu 84°56° 38%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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