Arapaho National Forest

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

  1. Start on Kingston Peak Spur, heading N.
  2. 2.2 miTurn right onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NE.
  3. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Spur Road, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Road, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left onto North Clear Creek Road, heading E.
  9. 1 miSharp left onto Montana Mountain East, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Elk Park, heading NE.
  11. 1 miReach Kingston Peak Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1 miTurn right onto Montana Mountain East Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  14. 1 miTurn right onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miBear right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Spur Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Road, heading W.
  20. 1.6 miTurn left onto Kingston Peak Spur, heading SW.
  21. 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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