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Nightmare on Baldy Viewpoint–B&B Mine Trail, 6 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 1,515 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Nightmare on Baldy Viewpoint–B&B Mine Trail, 6 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back near Lincoln, CO. The route reaches Nightmare on Baldy Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It climbs 1,515 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,945 – 11,477 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: X10U8 Trail 39.48405, -106.00988
Nearest town Lincoln, CO
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Nightmare on Baldy Viewpoint–B&B Mine Trail, 6 sights

9.1 mi · ▲ 1,515 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 9,946–11,476 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: X10U8 Trail · 39.48405, -106.00988

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn left onto B&B Spur Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto B&B Mine Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turks, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miSharp right onto Upper Turks, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right onto Sally Barber Road, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miSharp left onto Weber Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Webber Gulch Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Nightmare on Baldy, heading S.
  10. 0.8 miReach Nightmare on Baldy Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Webber Gulch Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Weber Gulch Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.8 miSharp right onto Sally Barber Road, heading W.
  14. 0.5 miSharp left onto Upper Turks, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miSharp left onto Turks, heading W.
  16. 0.9 miContinue straight onto B&B Mine Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto B&B Spur Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nightmare-on-baldy-viewpoint-b-b-mine-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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