Mineral Hill–Back Door Trail, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. The route reaches Mineral Hill at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 914 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi9,948 – 10,886 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: X10U8 Trail 39.48405, -106.00988
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
Directions
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Mineral Hill–Back Door Trail, 4 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 914 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 9,947–10,887 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: X10U8 Trail · 39.48405, -106.00988
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on X10U8 Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Back Door Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Prospect Hill Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Mineral Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Back Door Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto X10U8 Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
90% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from X10U8 Trail Trailhead
- Back Door Trail–Mineral Hill Trail Loop, 5 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 831 ft
- Chantilly Viewpoint–Mineral Hill Trail, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 826 ft
- Jumbo Overlook–Extension Mill Road, 6 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 705 ft
- Back Door Trail–Mineral Hill Trail, 5 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,555 ft
- Nightmare on Baldy Viewpoint–B&B Mine Trail, 6 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 1,515 ft
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