Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

Pioneer Trail & Sunnyside Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,123 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Pioneer Trail & Sunnyside Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Elephant Park, CO. It climbs 1,123 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7,090 – 7,746 ft9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62233, -105.35931
Nearest town Elephant Park, CO

Directions

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Pioneer Trail & Sunnyside Trail

9 mi · ▲ 1,123 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Elevation 7,090–7,747 ft

Out & Back · Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

Trailhead: 39.62233, -105.35931

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Silver Fox Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right onto Ponderosa Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Hidden Fawn Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miSharp right onto Sunnyside Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miBear right onto Dedisse Park Trail, heading E.
  9. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftSharp left onto Pioneer Trail, heading E.
  12. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miReach Sunnyside Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dedisse, heading S.
  18. 1.3 miBear left onto Sunnyside Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.5 miSharp left onto Hidden Fawn Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Ponderosa Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.6 miBear left onto Silver Fox Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

69% dirt28% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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