1. Start on Slaughterhouse Gulch Road, heading NE.
2. 300 ftSharp left, heading S.
3. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
4. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
5. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
6. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
7. 0.1 miBear left onto Gillespie Gulch, heading W.
8. 1.9 miBear right onto Nugget Road, heading E.
9. 0.5 miBear right onto Nugget Spur, heading W.
10. 50 ftBear left onto Nugget Road, heading W.
11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
12. 150 ftBear left onto Crook's Nook, heading W.
13. 100 ftReach Elk Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
14. 1 miSharp left onto Walker Mountain, heading E.
15. 0.6 miBear right onto Elk Trail, heading NW.
16. 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
17. 450 ftContinue straight onto Gillespie Gulch, heading S.
18. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
19. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
20. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
21. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
22. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
23. 100 ftSharp right onto Slaughterhouse Gulch Road, heading E.
24. 250 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/crooks-nook-elk-trail-out-back-4-sights-13-km