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West Big Dry Natural Area

Grand View Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 52 min

Grand View Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in West Big Dry Natural Area near Gateway, CO. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,830 – 5,942 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.54021, -104.92137
Nearest town Gateway, CO
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Grand View Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 52 min

Elevation 5,831–5,943 ft

Out & Back · West Big Dry Natural Area

Trailhead: 39.54021, -104.92137

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftBear right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Grand View Trail, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftArrive 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/grand-view-trail-out-back-4-km-8804

Trail surface

63% paved30% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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  • Toilets at the trailhead

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