Mountain Guyot Loop East Road & South Fork Swan Trail
8 mi · ▲ 1,675 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Mountain Guyot Loop East Road & South Fork Swan Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 1,675 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi10,043 – 11,421 ft · steepest grade: 18%8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: American Gulch Road 39.49464, -105.94830
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
Directions
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Mountain Guyot Loop East Road & South Fork Swan Trail
8 mi · ▲ 1,675 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 10,043–11,421 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: American Gulch Road · 39.49464, -105.94830
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 72°F / low 42° · precip 14% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on South Fork Swan Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miBear right onto South Fork Swan Road, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Mountain Guyot Loop East Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach South Fork Swan Trail, 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 E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto South Fork Swan Trail, heading NW.
- 2 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
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 72°F42°
Precip14%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity37%
Rained 0.1″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:36 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat
71°47°
20%
Sun
75°49°
33%
Mon
65°48°
42%
Tue
69°44°
25%
Wed
72°47°
43%
Thu
73°47°
46%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from American Gulch Road Trailhead
- Georgia Gulch Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 964 ft
- South Fork Swan Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 785 ft
- Farncomb Hill–American Gulch Road, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,123 ft
- Missouri Gulch Trail & South Fork Swan Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 817 ft
- Mineral Hill & Georgia Gulch Road 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,658 ft
- American Gulch Road & Middle Fork Of The Swan Road 9.4 mi · ▲ 1,806 ft
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