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Arapaho National Forest

Lower Yankee Spur Road & Yankee Town Road via Cumberland Spur Road

4 mi · ▲ 1,337 ft · 2 hr

Lower Yankee Spur Road & Yankee Town Road via Cumberland Spur Road is a 4-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Alice, CO. It climbs 1,337 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,617 – 10,913 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cumberland Spur Road 39.80427, -105.63041
Nearest town Alice, CO
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Lower Yankee Spur Road & Yankee Town Road via Cumberland Spur Road

4 mi · ▲ 1,337 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 9,616–10,913 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Cumberland Spur Road · 39.80427, -105.63041

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Cumberland Spur Road, heading N.
  2. 1.5 miTurn left onto Yankee Town Road, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lower Yankee Spur Road, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miReach Yankee Town Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto Yankee Town Road, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cumberland Spur Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-yankee-spur-road-yankee-town-road-out-back

Trail surface

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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