Red Rocks Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Red Rocks Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Heritage Dells, CO. It climbs 337 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Red Rocks Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 337 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 6,309–6,527 ft
Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park
Trailhead: 39.69466, -105.20548
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 88°F / low 66° · precip 7% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Highway 40 & Highway 26 stop 435 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Village Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Village Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Highway 40 & Highway 26 stop 435 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Village Loop Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Village Loop Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 226 ft
- Village Loop Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Red Rocks Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 338 ft
- Red Rocks Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 366 ft
- Morrison Slide Trail & Red Rocks Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 688 ft
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