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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Peaks Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Gluteus Maximus, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Morning Glory, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Toad Alley, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Morning Glory, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gold Digger, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Baby Doe, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftBear left onto Cool Whip, heading E.
  12. 200 ftTurn right onto Gold Digger, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Troll Forest, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Shock Hill, heading NE.
  15. 500 ftReach Pence Miller Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Troll Forest, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Gold Digger, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cool Whip, heading W.
  19. 200 ftBear right onto Baby Doe, heading W.
  20. 450 ftTurn left onto Gold Digger, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Toad Alley, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Morning Glory, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miBear right onto Gluteus Maximus, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn right onto Peaks Trail, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Peaks Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  29. 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

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