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Arapaho National Forest

Cruel and Unusual–Dirty Dozen, 12 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,256 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Cruel and Unusual–Dirty Dozen, 12 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Winter Park, CO. It climbs 1,256 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi9,489 – 10,722 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Long Trail 39.88868, -105.77620
Nearest town Winter Park, CO
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Cruel and Unusual–Dirty Dozen, 12 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,256 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 9,489–10,722 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Lower Long Trail · 39.88868, -105.77620

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 72°F / low 44° · precip 18% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

  1. Start on Lower Rainmaker, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto No Quarter, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Long Trail, heading E.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto No Quarter, heading W.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Long Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto No Quarter, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Green World, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Long Trail, heading SW.
  9. 450 ftBear right onto Rainmaker, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Long Trail, heading W.
  11. 350 ftBear left onto Lower Free Speech, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Green World, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Free Speech, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto Green World, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dirty Dozen, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green World, heading S.
  17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dirty Dozen, heading S.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green World, heading S.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Free Speech, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Rainmaker, heading S.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Shy Ann, heading SE.
  22. 450 ftBear right onto Double Jeopardy, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cruel and Unusual, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Double Jeopardy, heading SW.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy Connector, heading SE.
  26. 250 ftContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy, heading W.
  27. 100 ftContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy Connector, heading W.
  28. 400 ftBear right onto Rainmaker, heading NW.
  29. 350 ftBear left onto Green World, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Vasquez Ridge Drive, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Space Force, heading E.
  33. 50 ftBear right onto Vasquez Ridge Drive, heading E.
  34. 250 ftSharp left onto Space Force, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miSharp left onto Happy Camper, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lower Roof of the Rockies, heading E.
  37. 200 ftReach Lower Rainmaker, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  38. 200 ftSharp left onto Happy Camper, heading W.
  39. 0.3 miSharp right onto Space Force, heading SE.
  40. 0.2 miSharp right onto Vasquez Ridge Drive, heading SE.
  41. 250 ftBear left onto Space Force, heading N.
  42. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Vasquez Ridge Drive, heading N.
  44. 150 ftBear left onto Green World, heading NW.
  45. 50 ftBear right onto Rainmaker, heading NW.
  46. 350 ftBear left onto Double Jeopardy Connector, heading NW.
  47. 400 ftContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy, heading W.
  48. 100 ftContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy Connector, heading W.
  49. 250 ftContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy, heading W.
  50. 0.3 miBear left onto Cruel and Unusual, heading NE.
  51. 50 ftContinue straight onto Double Jeopardy, heading NE.
  52. 0.1 miBear left onto Shy Ann, heading NW.
  53. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rainmaker, heading NW.
  54. 350 ftTurn left onto Free Speech, heading NW.
  55. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green World, heading NW.
  56. 450 ftContinue straight onto Dirty Dozen, heading N.
  57. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green World, heading N.
  58. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dirty Dozen, heading N.
  59. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green World, heading N.
  60. 0.2 miBear right onto Lower Free Speech, heading E.
  61. 350 ftContinue straight onto Green World, heading SE.
  62. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Free Speech, heading SE.
  63. 0.1 miBear right onto Long Trail, heading E.
  64. 350 ftTurn left onto Rainmaker, heading N.
  65. 50 ftBear left onto Long Trail, heading N.
  66. 450 ftBear right onto Green World, heading NE.
  67. 50 ftBear left onto No Quarter, heading NE.
  68. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Long Trail, heading NW.
  69. 50 ftContinue straight onto No Quarter, heading W.
  70. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Long Trail, heading W.
  71. 100 ftContinue straight onto No Quarter, heading W.
  72. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Rainmaker, heading NW.
  73. 0.4 miArrive 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/cruel-and-unusual-dirty-dozen-out-back-13-sights

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 72°F44°
Precip18%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity38%
Rained 0.3″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°40° 2 PM: 1% rain3 PM: 5% rain4 PM: 12% rain5 PM: 14% rain6 PM: 7% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 18% rain9 PM: 6% rain10 PM: 3% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat 69°48°
Sun 69°51° 32%
Mon 65°50° 29%
Tue 72°47° 30%
Wed 73°50° 40%
Thu 71°50° 35%

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