Dirty Bird Spur D Road–Dirty Bird Spur Road, 3 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,009 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Dirty Bird Spur D Road–Dirty Bird Spur Road, 3 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back near Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. It climbs 2,009 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Dirty Bird Spur D Road–Dirty Bird Spur Road, 3 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,009 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Elevation 9,310–10,727 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.17261, -106.14056
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 69°F / low 45° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Elk Mountain Road, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Old Corral Peak Test Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Dirty Bird Spur Road, heading N.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Dirty Bird Spur D Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Elk Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Dirty Bird Spur Road, heading NE.
- 1.7 miSharp left onto Old Corral Peak Test Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Elk Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:13 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:33 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:01 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Elk Mountain 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,243 ft
- Elk Mountain Road & Old Corral Peak Test Road 15.4 mi · ▲ 2,427 ft
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