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Arapaho National Forest

Miners Gulch Road–Yankee Hill Road, 3 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 1,640 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Miners Gulch Road–Yankee Hill Road, 3 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nugget, CO. It climbs 1,640 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,846 – 10,824 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kingston Peak Road 39.86620, -105.61017
Nearest town Nugget, CO
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Miners Gulch Road–Yankee Hill Road, 3 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 1,640 ft · 4 hr 23 min

Elevation 9,846–10,825 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Kingston Peak Road · 39.86620, -105.61017

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

  1. Start on Kingston Peak Road, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Nat for Bdry-Ridgeline, heading W.
  3. 1 miTurn left onto Yankee Hill/Mosquito Creek Road, heading S.
  4. 1.9 miBear left onto Yankee Hill Road, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left onto Miners Gulch Road, heading N.
  6. 1.3 miReach Yankee Hill/Mosquito 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. 1.9 miTurn right onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NE.
  10. 1.3 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-yankee-hill-road-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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