Arapaho National Forest

Forest Service Road–Silver City Road, 3 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 3,914 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Forest Service Road–Silver City Road, 3 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Lamartine, CO. It climbs 3,914 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,970 – 11,162 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ute Connection Road 39.72218, -105.62316
Nearest town Lamartine, CO

Directions

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Forest Service Road–Silver City Road, 3 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 3,914 ft · 7 hr 3 min

Elevation 8,971–11,163 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Ute Connection Road · 39.72218, -105.62316

Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 73°F / low 52° · precip 25% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Ute Connection Road, heading NE.
  2. 1.7 miTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Lamartine Spur Road, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamartine Road, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Silver City Road, heading NW.
  7. 3.3 miContinue straight onto Forest Service Road, heading NE.
  8. 0.8 miReach Ute Connection Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 4.1 miTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lamartine Spur Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Ute Connection Road, heading E.
  13. 1.7 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

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 73°F52°
Precip25%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity29%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°50° 2 PM: 2% rain3 PM: 10% rain4 PM: 10% rain5 PM: 9% rain6 PM: 5% rain7 PM: 11% rain8 PM: 25% rain9 PM: 6% rain10 PM: 3% rain11 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sat 70°54° 20%
Sun 73°54° 53%
Mon 68°51° 50%
Tue 71°47° 46%
Wed 71°48° 48%
Thu 73°49° 48%

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