Parkview Pass–Ruby Mountain Trail, 4 sights
13.1 mi · ▲ 2,625 ft · 5 hr 41 min
Parkview Pass–Ruby Mountain Trail, 4 sights is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Old Homestead, CO. The route passes Willow Creek Pass before reaching Parkview Pass at the turnaround, 6.5 miles in. It climbs 2,625 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Parkview Pass–Ruby Mountain Trail, 4 sights
13.1 mi · ▲ 2,625 ft · 5 hr 41 min
Elevation 9,091–10,493 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: 40.37964, -106.10068
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto County Road 57B, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Service Road 755, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Willow Pass Trail, heading SW.
- 2 miTurn right onto Ruby Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Willow Creek Pass.
- 2 miReach Parkview Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto Willow Pass Trail, heading N.
- 2.7 miBear left onto Forest Service Road 755, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto County Road 57B, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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More from this trailhead
- Forest Service Road 755 3.3 mi · ▲ 323 ft
- County Road 125A 12.3 mi · ▲ 621 ft
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