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
- Start on Pence Miller, heading S.
- 1 miBear right onto Shock Hill, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cool Whip, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Baby Doe, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Gold Digger, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Toad Alley, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Gluteus Maximus, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Peaks Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Peaks Trail, heading N.
- 4.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Miners Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Miners Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Pence Miller, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Miners Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Peaks Trail, heading SE.
- 4.4 miBear right onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Peaks Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Gluteus Maximus, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Morning Glory, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Toad Alley, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Morning Glory, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gold Digger, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Baby Doe, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Cool Whip, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Shock Hill, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Pence Miller, heading N.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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