Mount Pisgah & Columbine Road
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Mount Pisgah & Columbine Road is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nevadaville, CO. The route reaches Mount Pisgah at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,149 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mount Pisgah & Columbine Road
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 9,023–10,066 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Columbine Road · 39.81465, -105.55203
Weather Sep 4: Light snow, high 77°F / low 53° · precip 24% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start on Columbine Road, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Pisgah Spur Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Mount Pisgah, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Columbine Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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