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Evening Sun Loop via Travois Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Centennial Cone Park near Rainbow Hills, CO. It climbs 363 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi7,382 – 7,720 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Elk Range Trail 39.77067, -105.34682
Nearest town Rainbow Hills, CO

Directions

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Evening Sun Loop via Travois Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 363 ft · 59 min

Elevation 7,383–7,720 ft

Out & Back · Centennial Cone Park

Trailhead: Elk Range Trail · 39.77067, -105.34682

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Travois Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Evening Sun Loop, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Travois Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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