Mount Victoria–Mount Royal Viewpoint, 7 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Gold Hill, CO. The route passes Rainbow Lake and Mount Royal Viewpoint before reaching Mount Victoria at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 3,868 ft, with sections as steep as 48% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi9,184 – 11,756 ft · steepest grade: 48%13.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Summit County Recreational Pathway 39.54104, -106.04204
Nearest town Gold Hill, CO
Directions
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Mount Victoria–Mount Royal Viewpoint, 7 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 3,868 ft · 6 hr
Elevation 9,182–11,756 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Summit County Recreational Pathway · 39.54104, -106.04204
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Revette Drive stop 333 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Gold HIll Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Ophir Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Peaks Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Rainbow Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Masontown Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miPass Mount Royal Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left onto Mount Royal Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Peak One Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach Mount Victoria, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Mount Royal Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Masontown Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Peaks Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Ophir Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gold HIll Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 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
95% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Revette Drive stop 333 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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