Danny Boy Peak–Danny Boy Pond, 6 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Danny Boy Peak–Danny Boy Pond, 6 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. The route passes Danny Boy Peak before reaching Danny Boy Pond at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 2,189 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Danny Boy Peak–Danny Boy Pond, 6 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Elevation 7,292–8,361 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Happy Ending, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Button Rock Mountain Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Black Slabbath, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Oh Danny Boy, heading E.
- 1 miPass Danny Boy Pond.
- 100 ftReach Danny Boy Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Black Slabbath, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Button Rock Mountain Loop, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Button Rock Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Happy Ending, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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