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Button Rock Preserve

Rattlesnake Gulch & Rattlesnake Ridge Road via Button Rock Road

5 mi · ▲ 1,569 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Rattlesnake Gulch & Rattlesnake Ridge Road via Button Rock Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Pinewood Springs, CO. It climbs 1,569 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,624 – 7,822 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.23470, -105.37885
Nearest town Pinewood Springs, CO
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Rattlesnake Gulch & Rattlesnake Ridge Road via Button Rock Road

5 mi · ▲ 1,569 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 6,624–7,823 ft

Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve

Trailhead: 40.23470, -105.37885

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftSharp left onto Button Rock Road, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Gulch, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Gulch (unmaintained), heading W.
  7. 0.5 miReach Rattlesnake Gulch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miBear right onto Rattlesnake Gulch, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 1 miBear left onto Button Rock Road, heading S.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rattlesnake-gulch-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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