Arapaho National Forest

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.

Elevation

0 mi9,092 – 10,493 ft · steepest grade: 19%13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.37964, -106.10068
Nearest town Old Homestead, CO

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto County Road 57B, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Forest Service Road 755, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Willow Pass Trail, heading SW.
  7. 2 miTurn right onto Ruby Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.9 miPass Willow Creek Pass.
  9. 2 miReach Parkview Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.9 miTurn left onto Willow Pass Trail, heading N.
  11. 2.7 miBear left onto Forest Service Road 755, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto County Road 57B, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 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.

Trail surface

61% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:33 PM

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