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Arapaho National Forest

Kingston Peak Spur Road–Yankee Hill Road, 3 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 3,535 ft · 6 hr 50 min

Kingston Peak Spur Road–Yankee Hill Road, 3 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Saint Marys, CO. It climbs 3,535 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,407 – 12,064 ft · steepest grade: 31%15.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: James Peak South 39.81355, -105.66480
Nearest town Saint Marys, CO
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Kingston Peak Spur Road–Yankee Hill Road, 3 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 3,535 ft · 6 hr 50 min

Elevation 10,409–12,065 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: James Peak South · 39.81355, -105.66480

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Loch Lomond Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto James Peak South, heading N.
  3. 1.7 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left onto Kingston Peak Road, heading E.
  6. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Spur Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Road, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading SE.
  10. 1.7 miBear left onto Yankee Hill Road, heading S.
  11. 0.9 miReach Kingston Peak Spur Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.9 miBear right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading NW.
  13. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Spur Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Kingston Peak Road, heading W.
  17. 2.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftBear left onto James Peak South, heading SE.
  20. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Loch Lomond Road, heading S.
  21. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/kingston-peak-spur-road-yankee-hill-road-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

23% other17% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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