Mineral Hill Trail–Rich Gulch Road, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 620 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi10,109 – 10,434 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Reiling Dredge 39.48502, -105.99637
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
Directions
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Mineral Hill Trail–Rich Gulch Road, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 10,109–10,433 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Reiling Dredge · 39.48502, -105.99637
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 71°F / low 44° · precip 9% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Reiling Dredge, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto X10U8 Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Rich Gulch Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach X10U8 Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Mineral Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto X10U8 Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 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
88% dirt12% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 71°F44°
Precip9%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity25%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat
72°49°
21%
Sun
73°49°
31%
Mon
64°48°
42%
Tue
69°43°
23%
Wed
73°46°
42%
Thu
73°47°
45%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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