Grand View Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Grand View Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in West Big Dry Natural Area near Carriage Club, CO. It is mostly level, with 142 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Grand View Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 5,883–5,983 ft
Out & Back · West Big Dry Natural Area
Trailhead: 39.53484, -104.91947
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 91°F / low 63° · precip 16% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand View Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grand View Trail, heading W.
- 1 miReach Grand View Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grand View Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 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 (~38 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Big Dry Pond #1 via Big Dry Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Grand View Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
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