Mule Deer Trail–Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Mule Deer Trail–Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Coal Creek, CO. It climbs 789 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Mule Deer Trail–Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, 3 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 789 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 8,963–9,382 ft
Out & Back · Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Trailhead: Snowshoe Hare Trail · 39.86602, -105.41284
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 73°F / low 56° · precip 9% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Snowshoe Hare Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Snowshoe Hare Access Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Service Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mule Deer Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Coyote/Mule Deer Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Snowshoe Hare Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Mule Deer Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Service Road, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Snowshoe Hare Connector To Mule Deer Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Snowshoe Hare Access Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Snowshoe Hare Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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