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