Blue Dot–Boy Scout Spur, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 1,622 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Blue Dot–Boy Scout Spur, 5 sights is a 14-mile out-and-back near Aspen Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,622 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi8,150 – 8,701 ft · steepest grade: 18%14.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail 39.98870, -105.40788
Nearest town Aspen Meadows, CO
Directions
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Blue Dot–Boy Scout Spur, 5 sights
14 mi · ▲ 1,622 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Elevation 8,151–8,702 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail · 39.98870, -105.40788
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hawkins Surguine, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Spur, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Blue Dot, heading W.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Car Wash, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Star Wars, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto USFS Social 9, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Blue Dot, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Pipeline, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Reboot, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Pipeline, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Dot, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto USFS Social 9, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Star Wars, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Car Wash, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Tungsten, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Boy Scout Spur, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Hawkins Surguine, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% dirt3% gravel34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
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