Peak Nine Road & Wheeler Trail
12 mi · ▲ 3,234 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Peak Nine Road & Wheeler Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back near Wheeler Junction, CO. It climbs 3,234 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Peak Nine Road & Wheeler Trail
12 mi · ▲ 3,234 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Elevation 9,696–12,561 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Haul Road · 39.49928, -106.15277
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Transit-accessible: Woodward stop 325 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Haul Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Copper Shuttle, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Sky Chutes Lane, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tenmile Recpath, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Wheeler Trail, heading SE.
- 4.2 miTurn right onto Peak Nine Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Wheeler Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wheeler Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NW.
- 3.4 miContinue straight onto Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Tenmile Recpath, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sky Chutes Lane, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Copper Shuttle, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Haul Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~181 min). Leave by 4:12 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Woodward stop 325 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Haul Road Trailhead
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway 2.6 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway 2.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway 2.7 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway 2.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Colorado Trail (Segment 8) 3.4 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- Colorado Trail (Segment 8) 3.6 mi · ▲ 555 ft
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