Gould Loop Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,429 ft · 4 hr 19 min
Gould Loop Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back near Bockman Lumber Camp, CO. It climbs 1,429 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gould Loop Trail
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,429 ft · 4 hr 19 min
Elevation 9,037–9,946 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.52865, -105.96658
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 73°F / low 45° · precip 3% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Gould Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 2.4 miReach Gould Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Gould Loop Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,210 ft
- Gould Loop Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 1,236 ft
- Bockman Road 10.7 mi · ▲ 2,515 ft
- Bockman Road 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,541 ft
- Pennock Trail via Bockman Road 12.6 mi · ▲ 2,622 ft
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