AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Fountain Gulch Road & Summit Drive

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,352 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Fountain Gulch Road & Summit Drive is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Gilson Gulch, CO. It climbs 1,352 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,019 – 9,111 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Summit Drive 39.76341, -105.49805
Nearest town Gilson Gulch, CO
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Fountain Gulch Road & Summit Drive

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,352 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 8,019–9,112 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Summit Drive · 39.76341, -105.49805

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Summit Drive, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 0.8 miBear left onto Fountain Gulch Road, heading E.
  6. 0.9 miReach Summit Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Summit Drive, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fountain-gulch-road-summit-drive-out-back-9-km-7797

Trail surface

31% gravel69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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