Mountain Guyot Loop East Road & North Fork Swan Road via Colorado Trail (Segment 6)
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,844 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Mountain Guyot Loop East Road & North Fork Swan Road via Colorado Trail (Segment 6) is a 15.8-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 2,844 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Mountain Guyot Loop East Road & North Fork Swan Road via Colorado Trail (Segment 6)
15.8 mi · ▲ 2,844 ft · 6 hr 41 min
Elevation 9,773–11,421 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Fork Swan Road · 39.51319, -105.94704
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 73°F / low 44° · precip 11% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
- Start on North Fork Swan Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Colorado Trail (Segment 6), heading E.
- 2.5 miSharp right onto Middle Fork Of The Swan Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Colorado Trail (Segment 6), heading S.
- 1.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto South Fork Swan Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Mountain Guyot Loop East Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach North Fork Swan Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto South Fork Swan Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Colorado Trail (Segment 6), heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Middle Fork Of The Swan Road, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Colorado Trail (Segment 6), heading W.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto North Fork Swan Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~163 min). Leave by 4:29 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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