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Faith Trail–Gifford Pinchot Trail, 5 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back near Gold Hill, CO. It climbs 1,831 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi9,029 – 10,010 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Summit County Recreational Pathway 39.54104, -106.04204
Nearest town Gold Hill, CO

Directions

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Faith Trail–Gifford Pinchot Trail, 5 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,831 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 9,031–10,011 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Summit County Recreational Pathway · 39.54104, -106.04204

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Revette Drive stop 333 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Gold HIll Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.9 miBear right onto Ophir Mountain Road, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miBear right onto Gifford Pinchot Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.6 miSharp right onto Henry Recen Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Iron Springs Road, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto Upper Blue Recpath, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Summit County Recreational Pathway, heading N.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Dillon Reservoir Recpath, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miReach Gold HIll Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto Summit County Recreational Pathway, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Iron Springs Road, heading W.
  14. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 300 ftContinue straight onto Gifford Pinchot Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Faith Trail, heading SE.
  20. 1.3 miTurn right onto Ophir Mountain Road, heading SE.
  21. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Gold HIll Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.9 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

71% dirt5% paved24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Revette Drive stop 333 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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