Lookout Mountain Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 1,655 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Lookout Mountain Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 1,655 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,596 – 10,256 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crystal Mountain Road 40.54493, -105.41608
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
Directions
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Lookout Mountain Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 1,655 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Elevation 8,595–10,258 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Crystal Mountain Road · 40.54493, -105.41608
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 80°F / low 54° · precip 4% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Crystal Mountain Top Road, heading W.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Crystal Mountain Top Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 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.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 80°F54°
Precip4%Wind10 mphUV7Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sat
77°57°
Sun
77°57°
29%
Mon
74°57°
23%
Tue
75°52°
23%
Wed
74°51°
33%
Thu
81°55°
39%
More from Crystal Mountain Road Trailhead
- Crystal Mountain Road & North Crystal Mountain Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 434 ft
- Lookout Mountain Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,655 ft
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- Donner Hill Trail via Lookout Mountain Trail 13.9 mi · ▲ 3,068 ft
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