Reach Around–Sheep's Way, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,515 ft · 3 hr 15 min

Reach Around–Sheep's Way, 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near Big Elk Meadows, CO. It climbs 1,515 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi7,297 – 8,222 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road 40.26232, -105.40367
Nearest town Big Elk Meadows, CO

Directions

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Reach Around–Sheep's Way, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,515 ft · 3 hr 15 min

Elevation 7,297–8,223 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Button Rock B Road · 40.26232, -105.40367

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Stink Eye, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Reach Around, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Sheep's Way, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 2.1 miReach Stink Eye, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 2.1 miBear right onto Johnny Park Road, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
  13. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Stink Eye, heading SE.
  19. 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 surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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