Elk Falls Pond–Bugling Elk Trail, 5 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,662 ft · 6 hr 36 min
Elk Falls Pond–Bugling Elk Trail, 5 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Brook Forest, CO. The route reaches Elk Falls Pond at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 2,662 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Elk Falls Pond–Bugling Elk Trail, 5 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,662 ft · 6 hr 36 min
Elevation 8,556–10,065 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Cub Creek Trail · 39.56532, -105.38671
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 57° · precip 11% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Cub Creek Road, heading W.
- 3.4 miBear left onto North Elk Creek Trail #764, heading SW.
- 2.4 miBear left onto North Elk Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Bugling Elk Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto West Meadows Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bugling Elk Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftReach Elk Falls Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto West Meadows Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bugling Elk Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto North Elk Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto North Elk Creek Trail #764, heading NW.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Cub Creek Road, heading N.
- 3.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Cub Creek Road–North Elk Creek Trail #764, 3 sights 15.8 mi · ▲ 2,615 ft
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