Grizzly Gulch Road–Hill Road, 7 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 3,036 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Grizzly Gulch Road–Hill Road, 7 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back near Olympus Heights, CO. It climbs 3,036 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Grizzly Gulch Road–Hill Road, 7 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 3,036 ft · 6 hr 39 min
Elevation 8,308–9,330 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Homestead Meadows Connector Trail · 40.33533, -105.47215
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 76°F / low 57° · precip 5% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Homestead Meadows Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lion Head Spring Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Meadow Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Griffith Homestead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lion Gulch Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Lion's Paw, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Hill Road, heading SW.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Pierson Park Spur G Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pierson Park Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Pierson Park Spur D Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Homestead Meadows Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pierson Park Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pierson Park Spur G Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hill Road, heading S.
- 2.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Lion's Paw, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lion Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Griffith Homestead, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Meadow Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Lion Head Spring Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Moose Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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