Founder's Trail–Meadow View Trail, 6 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Founder's Trail–Meadow View Trail, 6 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Elk Meadow Park near Rosedale, CO. It climbs 667 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Founder's Trail–Meadow View Trail, 6 sights
7.1 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 7,557–8,071 ft
Out & Back · Elk Meadow Park
Trailhead: Meadow View Trail · 39.65530, -105.36605
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 59° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Meadow View Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sleepy South Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sleepy S Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Painter's Pause Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach Meadow View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Noble Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Painter's Pause Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Meadow View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Founder's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Meadow View Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Bergen Peak Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Meadow View Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Meadow View Trail Trailhead
- Bergen Peak Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,386 ft
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