Red Wall–Chase Meadow Trail, 4 sights
4 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Red Wall–Chase Meadow Trail, 4 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Staunton State Park near Shaffers Crossing, CO. The route reaches Red Wall at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 672 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Wall–Chase Meadow Trail, 4 sights
4 mi · ▲ 672 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 8,292–8,944 ft
Out & Back · Staunton State Park
Trailhead: 39.50009, -105.37803
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Red Wall Climbing Access, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Red Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Staunton Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Chase Meadow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Davis Ponds Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Dines Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dines Meadow Trail via Mason Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- Staunton Ranch Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Staunton Ranch Trail & Staunton Rocks Climbing Access 3.7 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Mason Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 804 ft
- Mason Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 806 ft
- Never Winter Climbing Access & Staunton Ranch Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 958 ft
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