AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Ranch Creek & Ridge Runner via Phase 0.25

3 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Ranch Creek & Ridge Runner via Phase 0.25 is a 3-mile out-and-back near Tabernash, CO. The route reaches Ranch Creek. It climbs 581 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,376 – 8,980 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Phase 0.25 39.99985, -105.83291
Nearest town Tabernash, CO
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Directions

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Ranch Creek & Ridge Runner via Phase 0.25

3 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 8,377–8,980 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Phase 0.25 · 39.99985, -105.83291

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 42° · precip 15% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Phase 0.25, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Ranch Creek.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Ridge Runner, heading NE.
  4. 0.9 miReach Ranch Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Phase 0.25, heading S.
  6. 0.6 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/ranch-creek-ridge-runner-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F42°
Precip15%Wind1 mphUV8Humidity54%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°40° 2 PM: 1% rain3 PM: 4% rain4 PM: 8% rain5 PM: 8% rain6 PM: 10% rain7 PM: 7% rain8 PM: 15% rain9 PM: 6% rain10 PM: 4% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:32 PM
Sat 77°51°
Sun 80°52° 34%
Mon 70°52° 26%
Tue 76°48° 21%
Wed 78°52° 36%
Thu 77°51° 40%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Tabernash, Colorado