Mount Pisgah via Pecks Spur Road
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,082 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Mount Pisgah via Pecks Spur Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Nevadaville, CO. The route reaches Mount Pisgah at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,082 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mount Pisgah via Pecks Spur Road
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,082 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 9,444–10,066 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Spur Extension Road · 39.82002, -105.57101
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 70°F / low 55° · precip 9% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start on Spur Extension Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Pisgah Spur Road, heading SW.
- 50 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 E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Pecks Spur Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Spur Extension Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 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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