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Core Trail & Wild Turkey

4 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Core Trail & Wild Turkey is a 4-mile out-and-back near Elkdale, CO. It climbs 365 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,695 – 8,911 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.98961, -105.92668
Nearest town Elkdale, CO
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Core Trail & Wild Turkey

4 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 8,693–8,910 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.98961, -105.92668

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  4. 300 ftSharp left, heading W.
  5. 500 ftTurn left onto Core Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.2 miSharp left onto Bamse, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wild Turkey, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miReach Core Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miBear left onto Bamse, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Core Trail, heading E.
  13. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 500 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftArrive 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/core-trail-wild-turkey-out-back-7-km-669d

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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