Dakota Hill Road–Dakota Hill Spur, 7 sights
14.9 mi · ▲ 3,546 ft · 6 hr 44 min
Dakota Hill Road–Dakota Hill Spur, 7 sights is a 14.9-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Gilpin, CO. It climbs 3,546 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi9,049 – 10,578 ft · steepest grade: 20%15.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Snowline Lake 39.88178, -105.50624
Nearest town Gilpin, CO
Directions
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Dakota Hill Road–Dakota Hill Spur, 7 sights
14.9 mi · ▲ 3,546 ft · 6 hr 44 min
Elevation 9,049–10,577 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Snowline Lake · 39.88178, -105.50624
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 76°F / low 54° · precip 18% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start on Snowline Lake, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fairburn Spur Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Fairburn Mountain Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Fairburn Spurs Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Dakota Hill Road, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto FS 290.1, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Moon Gulch Spur, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Fairburn Spur Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Jumbo Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto FS 290.1, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jenny Lind - Perigo, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dakota Hill Spur Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Dakota Hill Road, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Fairburn Spurs Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Fairburn Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Fairburn Spur Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Snowline Lake, heading NW.
- 0.3 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
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F54°
Precip18%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity31%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°50°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
73°57°
21%
Sun
71°54°
40%
Mon
72°53°
44%
Tue
74°50°
41%
Wed
71°49°
42%
Thu
76°53°
35%
More from Snowline Lake Trailhead
- Fairburn Spur Road via Fairburn Mountain Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Snowline Lake Spur 2.3 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Snowline Lake 2.6 mi · ▲ 195 ft
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- Dakota Hill–Fairburn Spur Road, 7 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,614 ft
- Administrator Use Road–Dakota Hill, 7 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 3,750 ft
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