Lookout Mountain Viewpoint–Apex Trail, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Apex Park near Panorama Heights, CO. The route reaches Lookout Mountain Viewpoint. It climbs 744 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,867 – 7,566 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lookout Mountain Trail 39.73199, -105.24881
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CO
Directions
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Lookout Mountain Viewpoint–Apex Trail, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 744 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 6,867–7,566 ft
Out & Back · Apex Park
Trailhead: Lookout Mountain Trail · 39.73199, -105.24881
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lookout Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lookout Mountain Viewpoint.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Apex Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Apex Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Rocker Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rocker Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Lookout Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rocker Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left onto Apex Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Enchanted Forest Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Apex Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Lookout Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 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
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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