Founder's Vista Trail & Rancher's Ridge Trail via Gus' Gultch Trail
2 mi · ▲ 156 ft · 45 min
Founder's Vista Trail & Rancher's Ridge Trail via Gus' Gultch Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Metzler Family Open Space near Silver Heights, CO. It is mostly level, with 156 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Founder's Vista Trail & Rancher's Ridge Trail via Gus' Gultch Trail
2 mi · ▲ 156 ft · 45 min
Elevation 6,371–6,482 ft
Out & Back · Metzler Family Open Space
Trailhead: 39.41040, -104.84495
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 89°F / low 60° · precip 8% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Crowfoot Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Founder's Vista Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Gus' Gultch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rosemary's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Rosemary's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rosemary's Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bob's Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bob's Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Founder's Vista Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bob's Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Rosemary's Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rosemary's Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Rosemary's Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rancher's Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Gus' Gultch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Founder's Vista Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Crowfoot Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:07 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:27 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.
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