Sheep Mountain & Round Mountain Summit Trail is a 9.3-mile out-and-back near Cedar Cove, CO. The route reaches Sheep Mountain at the turnaround, 4.6 miles in. It climbs 3,062 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,725 – 8,455 ft · steepest grade: 23%9.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.41964, -105.28367
Nearest town Cedar Cove, CO
Directions
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Sheep Mountain & Round Mountain Summit Trail
9.3 mi · ▲ 3,062 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 5,724–8,454 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.41964, -105.28367
Weather Sep 4: Partly cloudy, high 90°F / low 62° · precip 6% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Round Mountain Summit Trail, heading S.
- 4.2 miReach Sheep Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.2 miTurn right onto Round Mountain NatureTrail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt2% gravel2% paved
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 90°F62°
Precip6%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity24%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat
91°68°
Sun
88°62°
15%
Mon
89°67°
16%
Tue
86°60°
24%
Wed
86°58°
27%
Thu
92°62°
24%
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Stone Mountain via Round Mountain Summit Trail 8 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft
- Grim Gulch Trail via Round Mountain Summit Trail 11.2 mi · ▲ 4,261 ft
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