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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 250 ftBear left onto Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hawkins Surguine, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 1.4 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Spur, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear right onto Blue Dot, heading W.
  10. 1.9 miSharp right onto Car Wash, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Star Wars, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftBear left onto USFS Social 9, heading SW.
  13. 350 ftContinue straight onto Blue Dot, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Pipeline, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Reboot, heading S.
  16. 0.7 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miReach Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  20. 0.8 miTurn left onto Pipeline, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Dot, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto USFS Social 9, heading NE.
  23. 350 ftBear right onto Star Wars, heading N.
  24. 350 ftContinue straight onto Car Wash, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miSharp left onto Tungsten, heading NE.
  26. 1.9 miBear left onto Boy Scout Spur, heading E.
  27. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  29. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  31. 0.3 miTurn left onto Hawkins Surguine, heading E.
  32. 0.6 miTurn left onto Hawkins Surguine Spur Trail, heading E.
  33. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  34. 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

63% dirt3% gravel34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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