Red Rocks Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Heritage Dells, CO. It climbs 1,071 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,024 – 6,526 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.71493, -105.19897
Nearest town Heritage Dells, CO
Directions
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Red Rocks Trail
8 mi · ▲ 1,071 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 6,024–6,527 ft
Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park
Trailhead: 39.71493, -105.19897
Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 89°F / low 68° · precip 7% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Village Loop Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Village Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
60% dirt10% paved30% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 89°F68°
Precip7%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity33%
Hourly temperature
90°65°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
90°60°
Mon
83°61°
32%
Tue
84°68°
20%
Wed
87°65°
16%
Thu
87°63°
15%
Fri
85°65°
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Village Loop Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 708 ft
- Village Loop Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 805 ft
- Village Loop Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 766 ft
- Village Loop Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 869 ft
- Red Rocks Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 913 ft
- Geologic Overlook & Red Rocks Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,599 ft
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