Outback Glades–Minnie Lake, 4 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 1,256 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Outback Glades–Minnie Lake, 4 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back near Bark Ranch, CO. The route passes Minnie Lake before reaching Outback Glades at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 1,256 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi8,012 – 8,790 ft · steepest grade: 20%11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ceran St. Vrain Trail 40.12442, -105.44214
Nearest town Bark Ranch, CO
Directions
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Outback Glades–Minnie Lake, 4 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 1,256 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 8,014–8,790 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ceran St. Vrain Trail · 40.12442, -105.44214
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ceran St. Vrain Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Miller Rock, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Miller Rock Descent, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass Minnie Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Archery, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Whitehead Boulevard, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Outback Glades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Archery, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Miller Rock Descent, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Miller Rock, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ceran St. Vrain Trail, heading SE.
- 1.8 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
25% dirt75% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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