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Nightmare on Baldy–True Romance, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 746 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Nightmare on Baldy–True Romance, 3 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. It climbs 746 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,292 – 11,001 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lincoln Park Road 39.48731, -105.98080
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
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Nightmare on Baldy–True Romance, 3 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 746 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 10,294–11,002 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Lincoln Park Road · 39.48731, -105.98080

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on County Road 566, heading SE.
  2. 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Sally Barber Road, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Upper Turks, heading W.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Sally Barber Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miSharp left onto Nightmare on Baldy, heading W.
  7. 0.9 miBear right onto True Romance, heading S.
  8. 300 ftReach Upper Turks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 350 ftBear left onto Nightmare on Baldy, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miSharp right onto Sally Barber Road, heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Upper Turks, heading E.
  12. 200 ftTurn left onto Sally Barber Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto French Gulch Road, heading W.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto County Road 566, heading W.
  15. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nightmare-on-baldy-true-romance-out-back-3-sights-8-km

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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