National Ice Core Lab via Main Avenue
2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 49 min
National Ice Core Lab via Main Avenue is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Green Mountain Village, CO. The route reaches National Ice Core Lab at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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National Ice Core Lab via Main Avenue
2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 49 min
Elevation 5,582–5,645 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.71119, -105.10988
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 62° · precip 9% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: W Alameda Ave & S Kipling St stop 70 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Main Avenue, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach National Ice Core Lab, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: W Alameda Ave & S Kipling St stop 70 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Addenbrooke Park trail & Kipling Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Main Avenue 2.6 mi · ▲ 59 ft
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