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Rooney Valley Trail Connector & Rooney Valley Trail via Green Mountain Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 665 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Rooney Valley Trail Connector & Rooney Valley Trail via Green Mountain Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in William Frederick Hayden Park near Morrison, CO. It climbs 665 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,725 – 6,296 ft7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rooney Valley Sidepath 39.65968, -105.18219
Nearest town Morrison, CO
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Rooney Valley Trail Connector & Rooney Valley Trail via Green Mountain Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 665 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Elevation 5,724–6,296 ft

Out & Back · William Frederick Hayden Park

Trailhead: Rooney Valley Sidepath · 39.65968, -105.18219

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rooney Valley Sidepath, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.6 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail Spur to Rooney Rd, heading N.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading N.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Rooney Valley Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Connector, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Rooney Valley Trail Connector, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rooney Valley Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftReach Rooney Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rooney Valley Trail Connector, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Green Mountain Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miTurn left onto Connector, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Rooney Valley Trail, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftTurn left onto C-470 Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.8 miContinue straight onto C-470 Trail Spur to Rooney Rd, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto C-470 Trail, heading SE.
  21. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Rooney Valley Sidepath, heading S.
  22. 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/rooney-valley-trail-connector-rooney-valley-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

73% paved21% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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