Elk Mountain
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,243 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elk Mountain is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Hot Sulphur Springs, CO. The route reaches Elk Mountain at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,243 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Elk Mountain
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,243 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 10,167–11,391 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.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Elk Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
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
- Dirty Bird Spur D Road–Dirty Bird Spur Road, 3 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 2,009 ft
- Elk Mountain Road & Old Corral Peak Test Road 15.4 mi · ▲ 2,427 ft
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