Lyon's Bathtub–Cannon Mountain Ditch, 5 sights
13.5 mi · ▲ 3,352 ft · 6 hr 11 min
Lyon's Bathtub–Cannon Mountain Ditch, 5 sights is a 13.5-mile out-and-back near Balarat, CO. The route passes Lyon's Bathtub before reaching Lyon's Bathtub at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 3,352 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lyon's Bathtub–Cannon Mountain Ditch, 5 sights
13.5 mi · ▲ 3,352 ft · 6 hr 11 min
Elevation 6,900–8,815 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Long Gulch Road · 40.16765, -105.38905
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 83°F / low 62° · precip 9% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Long Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Canyon Mountain Spur, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cannon Mountain Spur, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cannon Mountain, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Cannon Mountain Ditch, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Miller Rock, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Miller Rock Descent, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading NW.
- 1.2 miPass Lyon's Bathtub.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach Lyon's Bathtub, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Miller Rock Descent, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Miller Rock, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Cannon Mountain Ditch, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Cannon Mountain Spur, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Canyon Mountain Spur, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Long Gulch Road, heading W.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Long Gulch Road Trailhead
- Canyon Mountain Spur & Long Gulch Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,108 ft
- Cannon Mountain Spur–Canyon Mountain Spur, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,898 ft
- Cannon Mountain–Canyon Mountain Spur, 4 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 2,260 ft
- Cannon Mountain Ditch–Cannon Mountain, 4 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 2,362 ft
- Miller Rock–Cannon Mountain Ditch, 9 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 3,274 ft
- Minnie Lake–Cannon Mountain Ditch, 6 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 3,467 ft
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