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Arapaho National Forest

Gamble Spur Road & Missouri Gulch Spur Road via Gamble Gulch Road

4 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Gamble Spur Road & Missouri Gulch Spur Road via Gamble Gulch Road is a 4-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Gilpin, CO. It climbs 1,093 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi9,722 – 10,201 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fairburn Spurs Road 39.86786, -105.51810
Nearest town Gilpin, CO
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Gamble Spur Road & Missouri Gulch Spur Road via Gamble Gulch Road

4 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 9,723–10,199 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Fairburn Spurs Road · 39.86786, -105.51810

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fairburn Spurs Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading SW.
  4. 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Gamble Spur Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miReach Missouri Gulch Spur Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Gamble Gulch Road, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Missouri Gulch Spur Road, heading S.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miSharp right onto Fairburn Spurs Road, heading E.
  12. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gamble-spur-road-missouri-gulch-spur-road-out-back-6-km-321e

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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