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Caribou Ranch Open Space

Colorado and North Western R. R–Dirty Grandpa, 6 sights

13.6 mi · ▲ 2,293 ft · 5 hr 41 min

Colorado and North Western R. R–Dirty Grandpa, 6 sights is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Caribou Ranch Open Space near Caribou City, CO. It climbs 2,293 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi8,524 – 10,145 ft · steepest grade: 22%14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.00604, -105.56161
Nearest town Caribou City, CO
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Colorado and North Western R. R–Dirty Grandpa, 6 sights

13.6 mi · ▲ 2,293 ft · 5 hr 41 min

Elevation 8,523–10,144 ft

Out & Back · Caribou Ranch Open Space

Trailhead: 40.00604, -105.56161

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 2.7 miTurn right onto Boulder County Hill Cutoff, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 300 ftContinue straight onto Coon Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Managers, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Waterfall, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Managers, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Managers, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Neverland, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miBear left onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading S.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Neverland, heading S.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Neverland, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Fuzzy Spirit, heading SE.
  18. 1 miBear right onto Dirty Grandpa, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Colorado and North Western R. R, heading SE.
  20. 1.2 miReach Waterfall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 1.2 miTurn left onto Dirty Grandpa, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miBear left onto Fuzzy Spirit, heading W.
  23. 1 miTurn left onto Neverland, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Neverland, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Neverland, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Managers, heading W.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right onto Upper Pixie Duff, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Managers, heading W.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left onto Waterfall, heading W.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Managers, heading NW.
  34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coon Trail, heading NW.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 200 ftBear right onto Boulder County Hill Cutoff, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pomeroy-mountain-colorado-and-north-western-r-r-out-back-8-sights-20-km

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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