Rossiter Trail & Scrappy Trail via Snake River Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Rossiter Trail & Scrappy Trail via Snake River Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back near Keystone, CO. It climbs 487 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi9,105 – 9,338 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rossiter Trail 39.59963, -105.99870
Nearest town Keystone, CO
Directions
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Rossiter Trail & Scrappy Trail via Snake River Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 9,105–9,337 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rossiter Trail · 39.59963, -105.99870
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rossiter Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Soda Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Connector thru Keystone Stables to Snake River, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Snake River Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Scrappy Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Rossiter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Snake River Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Connector thru Keystone Stables to Snake River, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Soda Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Rossiter Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
76% dirt21% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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