Arapaho National Forest

Parkview Pass–Parkview Mountain Mine Road, 4 sights

9.8 mi · ▲ 2,015 ft · 4 hr 16 min

Parkview Pass–Parkview Mountain Mine Road, 4 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Old Homestead, CO. The route passes Willow Creek Pass and Parkview Pass. It climbs 2,015 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi9,492 – 10,493 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ruby Mountain Trail 40.34968, -106.09009
Nearest town Old Homestead, CO

Directions

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Parkview Pass–Parkview Mountain Mine Road, 4 sights

9.8 mi · ▲ 2,015 ft · 4 hr 16 min

Elevation 9,491–10,493 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Ruby Mountain Trail · 40.34968, -106.09009

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Willow Creek Pass.
  3. 2 miPass Parkview Pass.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Hot Sulphur Spur Road, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Parkview Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Parkview Mountain Mine Road, heading SW.
  7. 2.4 miReach Parkview Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2.8 miContinue straight onto Parkview Trail, heading W.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hot Sulphur Spur Road, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 2 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

40% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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