Never Winter Climbing Access & Staunton Ranch Trail via Davis Ponds Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Staunton State Park near Shaffers Crossing, CO. It climbs 1,084 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,216 – 9,203 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Davis Ponds Trail 39.49702, -105.38199
Nearest town Shaffers Crossing, CO
Directions
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Never Winter Climbing Access & Staunton Ranch Trail via Davis Ponds Trail
5 mi · ▲ 1,084 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 8,217–9,204 ft
Out & Back · Staunton State Park
Trailhead: Davis Ponds Trail · 39.49702, -105.38199
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 57° · precip 13% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Davis Ponds Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dines Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Red Wall Climbing Access, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Never Winter Climbing Access, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Staunton Ranch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Wall Climbing Access, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Dines Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Davis Ponds Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 80°F57°
Precip13%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity32%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
76°61°
17%
Sun
79°59°
42%
Mon
79°58°
42%
Tue
77°53°
45%
Wed
75°52°
52%
Thu
78°52°
46%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Davis Ponds Trail Trailhead
- Chase Meadow Trail–Old Mill Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 458 ft
- Dines Meadow Trail via Davis Ponds Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 930 ft
- Dines Meadow Trail–Mason Creek Trail Loop, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,185 ft
- Catamount Overlook–Pikes Peak Overlook, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft
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