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Rattlesnake Gulch & Rattlesnake Ridge Road via Button Rock B Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,412 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Rattlesnake Gulch & Rattlesnake Ridge Road via Button Rock B Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,412 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi6,841 – 7,848 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Johnny Park Road 40.25750, -105.40633
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO
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Rattlesnake Gulch & Rattlesnake Ridge Road via Button Rock B Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,412 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 6,841–7,848 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Johnny Park Road · 40.25750, -105.40633

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Johnny Park Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Button Rock B Road, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Ridge Road, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear right onto Rattlesnake Gulch, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miReach Rattlesnake Ridge Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattlesnake Gulch (unmaintained), heading N.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
  13. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Johnny Park Road, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rattlesnake-gulch-rattlesnake-ridge-road-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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