Elk Park–Kingston Peak Spur Road, 5 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 4,116 ft · 7 hr 19 min
Elk Park–Kingston Peak Spur Road, 5 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Alice, CO. It climbs 4,116 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi10,188 – 12,064 ft · steepest grade: 26%16.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Kingston Peak Spur 39.83422, -105.63621
Nearest town Alice, CO
Directions
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Elk Park–Kingston Peak Spur Road, 5 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 4,116 ft · 7 hr 19 min
Elevation 10,186–12,065 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Kingston Peak Spur · 39.83422, -105.63621
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Kingston Peak Spur, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Spur Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto North Clear Creek Road, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left onto Montana Mountain East, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Elk Park, heading NE.
- 1 miReach Kingston Peak Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Montana Mountain East Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Spur Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Road, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Kingston Peak Spur, heading SW.
- 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
45% dirt55% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
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