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Rocky Mountain National Park

Long Meadows Trail & Onahu Creek Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,536 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Long Meadows Trail & Onahu Creek Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Gaskil, CO. It climbs 1,536 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi8,780 – 10,230 ft · steepest grade: 22%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Onahu Creek Trailhead 40.31585, -105.84352
Nearest town Gaskil, CO
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Long Meadows Trail & Onahu Creek Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,536 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 8,781–10,231 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park

Trailhead: Onahu Creek Trailhead · 40.31585, -105.84352

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on onahu trail, heading N.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Onahu Creek Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.9 miTurn left onto Long Meadows Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.5 miReach Onahu Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.5 miTurn right onto Onahu Creek Trail, heading N.
  6. 2.9 miContinue straight onto onahu trail, heading S.
  7. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/long-meadows-trail-onahu-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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