Kriley Pond & Blue Grouse Trail via Mule Deer Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Pactolus, CO. The route reaches Kriley Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 458 ft. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,350 – 8,727 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mule Deer Trail 39.84985, -105.44574
Nearest town Pactolus, CO
Directions
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Kriley Pond & Blue Grouse Trail via Mule Deer Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 8,350–8,727 ft
Out & Back · Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Trailhead: Mule Deer Trail · 39.84985, -105.44574
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mule Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Blue Grouse Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miPass Kriley Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Kriley Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
51% other49% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mule Deer Trail Trailhead
- Mule Deer Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 88 ft
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- Mule Deer Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 491 ft
- Mule Deer Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 875 ft
- Mule Deer Trail Loop 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,100 ft
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