Mount Royal Viewpoint–Curtain Ponds, 4 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Wheeler Junction, CO. The route passes Curtain Ponds before reaching Mount Royal Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 1,039 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi9,098 – 9,735 ft · steepest grade: 20%16.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.50175, -106.14254
Nearest town Wheeler Junction, CO
Directions
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Mount Royal Viewpoint–Curtain Ponds, 4 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Elevation 9,100–9,736 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.50175, -106.14254
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 72°F / low 48° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Transit-accessible: Copper Entrance stop 240 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Sky Chutes Lane, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Tenmile Recpath, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Curtain Ponds.
- 5.4 miContinue straight onto Temple Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Halfway Stop Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Mount Royal Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Mount Royal Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Halfway Stop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Temple Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tenmile Recpath, heading NW.
- 5.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sky Chutes Lane, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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 surface
90% paved9% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 72°F48°
Precip10%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity43%
Rained 0.1″ 6 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 6:37 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:33 PM
Sun
72°49°
Mon
65°47°
37%
Tue
73°45°
26%
Wed
74°48°
42%
Thu
69°48°
38%
Fri
71°45°
28%
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Copper Entrance stop 240 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Colorado Trail (Segment 8) & Haul Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 122 ft
- Tenmile Recpath 2.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 294 ft
- West Lake & Elk Alley via Copper Mountain Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 644 ft
- Colorado Trail (Segment 8) 4.3 mi · ▲ 525 ft
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