Grim Gulch Trail via Round Mountain Summit Trail is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Cedar Cove, CO. It climbs 4,261 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,761 – 7,691 ft · steepest grade: 30%11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Round Mountain NatureTrail 40.42027, -105.28526
Nearest town Cedar Cove, CO
Directions
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Grim Gulch Trail via Round Mountain Summit Trail
11.2 mi · ▲ 4,261 ft · 5 hr 52 min
Elevation 5,763–7,689 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Round Mountain NatureTrail · 40.42027, -105.28526
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Round Mountain NatureTrail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Round Mountain Summit Trail, heading S.
- 3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Grim Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Grim Gulch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Round Mountain Summit Trail, heading W.
- 3 miTurn right onto Round Mountain NatureTrail, heading W.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
72% dirt2% gravel26% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Stone Mountain via Round Mountain Summit Trail 8 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft
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