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Miners Creek Road–Peaks Trail, 3 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Cucumber Gulch Preserve near Breckenridge, CO. It climbs 1,676 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi9,600 – 10,552 ft17.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.48452, -106.05107
Nearest town Breckenridge, CO

Directions

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Miners Creek Road–Peaks Trail, 3 sights

16.1 mi · ▲ 1,676 ft · 6 hr 12 min

Elevation 9,600–10,551 ft

Out & Back · Cucumber Gulch Preserve

Trailhead: 39.48452, -106.05107

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Mountain Thunder stop 204 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Pence Miller, heading S.
  2. 1 miBear right onto Shock Hill, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cool Whip, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Baby Doe, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Gold Digger, heading W.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Toad Alley, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Gluteus Maximus, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Peaks Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Peaks Trail, heading N.
  14. 4.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Miners Creek Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miners Creek Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miReach Pence Miller, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left onto Miners Creek Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Peaks Trail, heading SE.
  23. 4.4 miBear right onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading S.
  24. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 250 ftTurn left onto Peaks Trail, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Gluteus Maximus, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Morning Glory, heading S.
  28. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Toad Alley, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miTurn left onto Morning Glory, heading E.
  30. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gold Digger, heading S.
  31. 150 ftTurn right onto Baby Doe, heading S.
  32. 450 ftBear left onto Cool Whip, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right onto Shock Hill, heading NE.
  34. 0.4 miBear left onto Pence Miller, heading N.
  35. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

82% dirt9% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Mountain Thunder stop 204 m from the trailhead

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