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
- Start on Stink Eye, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Reach Around, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Button Rock B Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Johnny Park Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Sheep's Way, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 2.1 miReach Stink Eye, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Johnny Park Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Button Rock B Road, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Reach Around, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Stink Eye, heading SE.
- 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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