Crystal Mountain Top Road–Donner Pass Trail, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 4,061 ft · 7 hr 24 min
Crystal Mountain Top Road–Donner Pass Trail, 3 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 4,061 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,232 – 10,256 ft · steepest grade: 21%17.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.58227, -105.47159
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
Directions
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Crystal Mountain Top Road–Donner Pass Trail, 3 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 4,061 ft · 7 hr 24 min
Elevation 8,232–10,258 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.58227, -105.47159
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Donner Pass Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Greer Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Donner Pass Trail, heading S.
- 4 miTurn left onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miBear right onto Crystal Mountain Top Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Donner Pass Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 2.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Donner Pass Trail, heading W.
- 4 miTurn left onto Greer Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Donner Pass Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM
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- Donner Pass Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 430 ft
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