Ranch View Trail & Wild Iris Loop Loop via Ponderosa Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 342 ft · 54 min
Ranch View Trail & Wild Iris Loop Loop via Ponderosa Trail is a 2.2-mile loop in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Troutdale, CO. It climbs 342 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ranch View Trail & Wild Iris Loop Loop via Ponderosa Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 342 ft · 54 min
Elevation 7,484–7,796 ft
Loop · Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Trailhead: Sisters Trail · 39.62349, -105.34663
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 58° · precip 11% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sisters Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ranch View Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Wild Iris Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Evergreen Mtn West Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Wild Iris Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Silver Fox Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Silver Fox Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Ponderosa Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sisters Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Sisters Trail Trailhead
- Brother's Lookout via Ponderosa Trail 1.2 mi · ▲ 298 ft
- Ponderosa Trail 2 mi · ▲ 352 ft
- Dedisse Park Trail–Hidden Fawn Trail Loop, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Bluebird Meadow Trail–Ponderosa Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 326 ft
- Homestead Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 407 ft
- Lois Lane Trail & Midden Trail via Evergreen Mtn East Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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