Mount Blue Sky Ridge Trail & Sawtooth Ridge Traverse via Mount Bierstadt Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Evans Wilderness near Silver Plume, CO. It climbs 3,791 ft, with sections as steep as 55% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi11,497 – 14,164 ft · steepest grade: 55%9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Guanella Pass - Parking Road 39.59660, -105.70996
Nearest town Silver Plume, CO
Directions
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Mount Blue Sky Ridge Trail & Sawtooth Ridge Traverse via Mount Bierstadt Trail
9.8 mi · ▲ 3,791 ft · 5 hr 10 min
Elevation 11,496–14,164 ft
Out & Back · Mount Evans Wilderness
Trailhead: Guanella Pass - Parking Road · 39.59660, -105.70996
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mount Bierstadt Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto Mount Blue Sky Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach Sawtooth Ridge Traverse, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sawtooth Ridge Traverse, heading W.
- 5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
60% dirt15% other25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 5:11 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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