Laughing Horse Viewpoint–Overlook, 5 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Devils Backbone Open Space near Little Dam, CO. The route passes Overlook before reaching Laughing Horse Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 604 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,072 – 5,532 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wild Loop 40.41118, -105.15371
Nearest town Little Dam, CO
Directions
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Laughing Horse Viewpoint–Overlook, 5 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 604 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 5,074–5,532 ft
Out & Back · Devils Backbone Open Space
Trailhead: Wild Loop · 40.41118, -105.15371
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wild Loop, heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miPass Overlook.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wild Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hunter Loop, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hunter Loop, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Laughing Horse Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Laughing Horse Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Hunter Loop, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hunter Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Wild Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Hidden Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wild Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 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 6:32 AMSunset 7:30 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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- Namaqua Hill via Wild Loop 3.6 mi · ▲ 328 ft
- Westside Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Westside Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Westside Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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