James Basin Road–South Saint Vrain Trail, 4 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near Ward, CO. It climbs 1,733 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,747 – 10,335 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pawnee Campground Loop B - Tent Camp 40.08049, -105.56728
Nearest town Ward, CO
Directions
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James Basin Road–South Saint Vrain Trail, 4 sights
12 mi · ▲ 1,733 ft · 4 hr 52 min
Elevation 8,746–10,334 ft
Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Pawnee Campground Loop B - Tent Camp · 40.08049, -105.56728
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Summer Snowshoe, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Cuttoff to Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Waldrop Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto South Saint Vrain, heading NW.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Sourdough Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto South Saint Vrain Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto James Basin Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto South Saint Vrain Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miReach South Saint Vrain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miContinue straight onto James Basin Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto South Saint Vrain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Sourdough Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Saint Vrain, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Waldrop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Cuttoff to Road, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Summer Snowshoe, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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