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Button Rock Preserve

Crash'n & Rattlesnake Gulch via Button Rock Road

6.1 mi · ▲ 2,332 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Crash'n & Rattlesnake Gulch via Button Rock Road is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Pinewood Springs, CO. It climbs 2,332 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,624 – 7,943 ft · steepest grade: 28%6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.23470, -105.37885
Nearest town Pinewood Springs, CO
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Crash'n & Rattlesnake Gulch via Button Rock Road

6.1 mi · ▲ 2,332 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 6,624–7,943 ft

Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve

Trailhead: 40.23470, -105.37885

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftSharp left onto Button Rock Road, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Gulch, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Gulch (unmaintained), heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crash'n, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miReach Rattlesnake Gulch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Gulch (unmaintained), heading S.
  11. 150 ftBear right onto Rattlesnake Gulch, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 1 miBear left onto Button Rock Road, heading SE.
  14. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 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/crashn-out-back

Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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