Sunset Connector 3 & Traci's Trail via Fraser to Granby Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,141 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Sunset Connector 3 & Traci's Trail via Fraser to Granby Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Elkdale, CO. It climbs 1,141 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Sunset Connector 3 & Traci's Trail via Fraser to Granby Trail
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,141 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Elevation 8,477–9,126 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bee Line · 40.03681, -105.90155
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 77°F / low 42° · precip 9% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
- Start on Bee Line, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Vista Ridge, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Traci's Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Sunset, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sunset Connector 5, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Connector 3, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Traci's Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Connector 5, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Sunset, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sunset 2, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Traci's Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Vista Ridge, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bee Line, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM — 3 min before dark.
More from Bee Line Trailhead
- East Peak–Bee Line Loop, 8 sights 2 mi · ▲ 717 ft
- Rabbit Run–Vista Ridge Flow, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 577 ft
- Two Stroke–Vista Ridge Flow, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 808 ft
- Granby Ranch Fraser Canyon Trail–Moga's Mile, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft
- Sunset 2 & Traci's Trail via Fraser to Granby Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,229 ft
- Fraser to Granby Trail & Traci's Trail 14.7 mi · ▲ 1,472 ft
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