Red Rocks Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Red Rocks Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 692 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Red Rocks Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 5,987–6,527 ft
Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park
Trailhead: Red Rocks Trail · 39.67096, -105.19486
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 68° · precip 10% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 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 NE.
- 0.4 miReach Red Rocks Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Rocks Trail Trailhead
- Red Rocks Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Red Rocks Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 605 ft
- Morrison Slide Trail via Red Rocks Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 870 ft
- Hawk Watch–Denver Basin Overlook, 7 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 985 ft
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