Hardscrabble Trail & Sluicebox Trail via Enchanted Forest Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Hardscrabble Trail & Sluicebox Trail via Enchanted Forest Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Apex Park near Paradise Hills, CO. It climbs 818 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hardscrabble Trail & Sluicebox Trail via Enchanted Forest Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 6,873–7,337 ft
Out & Back · Apex Park
Trailhead: Poco Calle Trail · 39.71334, -105.24533
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 63° · precip 7% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Poco Calle Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left onto Rocker Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Hardscrabble Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sluicebox Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Hardscrabble Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hardscrabble Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Rocker Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Poco Calle Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 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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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Poco Calle Trail Trailhead
- Apex Trail via Enchanted Forest Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Lookout Mountain Viewpoint–Denver Mountain Parks, 4 viewpoints 4.5 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Enchanted Forest Trail & Magic Mountain Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft
- Enchanted Forest Trail–Kinney Run Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,350 ft
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