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Matthews/Winters Park

Red Rocks Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 860 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Red Rocks Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Matthews/Winters Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 860 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi6,113 – 6,526 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Plains View Road 39.67223, -105.20461
Nearest town Morrison, CO
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Red Rocks Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 860 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 6,113–6,527 ft

Out & Back · Matthews/Winters Park

Trailhead: Plains View Road · 39.67223, -105.20461

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading W.
  5. 300 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miReach Red Rocks Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cherry Gulch Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Morrison Slide Trail, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  11. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftSharp right onto Geologic Overlook Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/red-rocks-trail-out-back-9-km-8765

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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