Heart of Darkness–Loop-D-Loop, 5 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 2,130 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Heart of Darkness–Loop-D-Loop, 5 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 2,130 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,969 – 8,199 ft · steepest grade: 25%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
Directions
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Heart of Darkness–Loop-D-Loop, 5 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 2,130 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 6,969–8,200 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 82°F / low 64° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stink Eye, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Button Rock B Road, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Runner Up, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Loop-D-Loop, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Stigmata, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Heart of Darkness, heading NE.
- 0.9 miReach Stink Eye, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Stigmata, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Loop-D-Loop, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Runner Up, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Stink Eye, heading S.
- 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 surface
44% dirt56% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 82°F64°
Precip4%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun
79°55°
19%
Mon
81°60°
19%
Tue
80°55°
27%
Wed
83°55°
30%
Thu
76°59°
30%
Fri
83°54°
25%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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