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Arapaho National Forest

Miners Gulch Road–Mosquito Creek Road, 5 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 2,452 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Miners Gulch Road–Mosquito Creek Road, 5 sights is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nugget, CO. It climbs 2,452 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,262 – 10,601 ft · steepest grade: 16%13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Clear Creek Road 39.84137, -105.57301
Nearest town Nugget, CO
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Miners Gulch Road–Mosquito Creek Road, 5 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 2,452 ft · 5 hr 44 min

Elevation 9,262–10,601 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: North Clear Creek Road · 39.84137, -105.57301

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on North Clear Creek Road, heading N.
  2. 2.4 miTurn left onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miBear left onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading SW.
  4. 1.4 miBear left onto Yankee Hill Road, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left onto Miners Gulch Road, heading N.
  6. 1.3 miReach North Clear Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.3 miSharp right onto Yankee Hill Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.9 miBear right onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading N.
  9. 1.4 miBear right onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right onto North Clear Creek Road, heading SE.
  11. 2.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/miners-gulch-road-mosquito-creek-road-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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