Georgia Pass–Georgia Gulch Road, 5 sights

16 mi · ▲ 3,840 ft · 7 hr 15 min

Georgia Pass–Georgia Gulch Road, 5 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. The route reaches Georgia Pass at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 3,840 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,630 – 11,588 ft · steepest grade: 20%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock Island Road 39.52157, -105.96262
Nearest town Lincoln, CO

Directions

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Georgia Pass–Georgia Gulch Road, 5 sights

16 mi · ▲ 3,840 ft · 7 hr 15 min

Elevation 9,631–11,589 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rock Island Road · 39.52157, -105.96262

Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 73°F / low 44° · precip 14% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rock Island Road, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Galena Ditch, heading NW.
  3. 200 ftBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 2.1 miSharp left onto Lincoln Park Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 400 ftBear right onto Georgia Gulch Road, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto American Gulch Road, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear right onto South Fork Swan Trail, heading SE.
  12. 2 miBear right onto South Fork Swan Road, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miReach Georgia Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miBear left onto South Fork Swan Trail, heading NW.
  19. 2 miBear left onto American Gulch Road, heading NW.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right onto Georgia Gulch Road, heading W.
  21. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  22. 400 ftTurn right onto Lincoln Park Road, heading SW.
  23. 0.7 miSharp right onto Rock Island Road, heading SW.
  24. 1.8 miSharp left, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miBear right onto Galena Ditch, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftBear left onto Rock Island Road, heading NE.
  27. 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 surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 73°F44°
Precip14%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity42%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat 74°48° 20%
Sun 77°49° 35%
Mon 66°50° 42%
Tue 70°46° 25%
Wed 73°48° 43%
Thu 75°48° 45%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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