Needle Eye Bypass Trail & Rollins Pass Road is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near East Portal, CO. It climbs 419 ft. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi11,392 – 11,674 ft3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rollins Pass Trailhead Road 39.93500, -105.68221
Nearest town East Portal, CO
Directions
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Needle Eye Bypass Trail & Rollins Pass Road
3.4 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 11,393–11,675 ft
Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Rollins Pass Trailhead Road · 39.93500, -105.68221
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rollins Pass Trailhead Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Road, heading E.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Needle Eye Bypass Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Needle Eye Bypass Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Road, heading N.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Trailhead Road, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
58% dirt4% boardwalk38% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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