Moga's Mile & Vista Ridge is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Elkdale, CO. It climbs 970 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Moga's Mile & Vista Ridge
4.4 mi · ▲ 970 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 8,331–9,185 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Fraser to Granby Trail · 40.05248, -105.90988
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 43° · precip 9% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fraser to Granby Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ballroom Black, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Ashy Larry, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cheese-It, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tron, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Moga's Mile, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Silky Johnson, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Bee Line, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Vista Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Moga's Mile, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bee Line, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Silky Johnson, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Moga's Mile, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tron, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Cheese-It, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ashy Larry, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cheese-It, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left onto Ballroom Black, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Fraser to Granby Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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