Kruger Rock & Kruger Rock Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Kruger Rock & Kruger Rock Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Olympus Heights, CO. The route reaches Kruger Rock at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 948 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Kruger Rock & Kruger Rock Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 8,415–9,315 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.34088, -105.47314
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Kruger Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Kruger Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Limber Pine Viewpoint & Kruger Rock Trail via Limber Pine Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 571 ft
- Homestead Meadows Connector Trail via Limber Pine Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 918 ft
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