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Arapaho National Forest

Montana Mountain East–Mosquito Creek Road, 4 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 1,489 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Montana Mountain East–Mosquito Creek Road, 4 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nugget, CO. It climbs 1,489 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,188 – 10,808 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kingston Peak Road 39.86620, -105.61017
Nearest town Nugget, CO
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Montana Mountain East–Mosquito Creek Road, 4 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 1,489 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Elevation 10,186–10,806 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 miTurn left onto Mosquito Creek Spur North Road, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Clear Creek Road, heading N.
  5. 1 miTurn right onto Montana Mountain East, heading S.
  6. 1 miReach Mosquito Creek Spur North Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 1 miTurn right onto Mosquito Creek Road, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mosquito Creek Spur North Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right onto Kingston Peak Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 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/montana-mountain-east-mosquito-creek-road-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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