Elk Valley Trail–Powerline Trail - USFS 800, 3 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Roxborough State Park near Roxborough, CO. It climbs 1,091 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,155 – 7,044 ft6.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.42856, -105.06737
Nearest town Roxborough, CO
Directions
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Elk Valley Trail–Powerline Trail - USFS 800, 3 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 1,091 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 6,156–7,043 ft
Out & Back · Roxborough State Park
Trailhead: 39.42856, -105.06737
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Willow Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto South Rim Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Elk Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Powerline Trail - USFS 800, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Willow Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Elk Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto South Rim Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Carpenter Peak Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Willow Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bear Canyon Trail & Willow Creek Trail via Carpenter Peak Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 585 ft
- Carpenter Peak Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 815 ft
- Elk Valley Trail & Willow Creek Trail via Carpenter Peak Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 803 ft
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