Pence Miller Viewpoint & Gold Digger via Peaks Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Cucumber Gulch Preserve near Peak Seven West, CO. The route reaches Pence Miller Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 285 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi9,758 – 9,994 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Peak Seven Timber Road 39.49435, -106.06904
Nearest town Peak Seven West, CO
Directions
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Pence Miller Viewpoint & Gold Digger via Peaks Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 9,757–9,994 ft
Out & Back · Cucumber Gulch Preserve
Trailhead: Peak Seven Timber Road · 39.49435, -106.06904
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Peaks Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Gluteus Maximus, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Morning Glory, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Toad Alley, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Morning Glory, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gold Digger, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Baby Doe, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Cool Whip, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Gold Digger, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Troll Forest, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Shock Hill, heading NE.
- 500 ftReach Pence Miller Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Troll Forest, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Gold Digger, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cool Whip, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Baby Doe, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Gold Digger, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Toad Alley, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Gluteus Maximus, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Peaks Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
50% gravel43% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Peak Seven Timber Road Trailhead
- Peak Seven Timber Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Hang Ten via Peaks Trail 2 mi · ▲ 226 ft
- Peaks Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Game Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Game Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Dwights 2.5 mi · ▲ 345 ft
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