Crystal Mountain Top Road
2.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Crystal Mountain Top Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,271 – 8,593 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.53453, -105.40292
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
Directions
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Crystal Mountain Top Road
2.5 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 8,271–8,594 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.53453, -105.40292
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crystal Mountain Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Crystal Mountain Top Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Crystal Mountain Top Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Crystal Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 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.
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM
More from this trailhead
- Crystal Mountain Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- North Crystal Mountain Road 2 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- North Crystal Mountain Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 535 ft
- Crystal Mountain Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 595 ft
- Calcite Court–Crystal Mountain Road, 4 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 989 ft
- Lookout Mountain–Crystal Mountain Top Road, 4 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 2,440 ft
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