Silver Cliff & Hogback Trail via Bradford Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,152 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Silver Cliff & Hogback Trail via Bradford Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near The Valley, CO. The route reaches Silver Cliff at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,152 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Silver Cliff & Hogback Trail via Bradford Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,152 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 6,080–7,249 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.58571, -105.16134
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 90°F / low 65° · precip 8% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Transit-accessible: Valley Pkwy & Long Spur stop 274 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hogback Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Manor House Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bradford Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Silver Cliff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Manor House Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Hogback Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Valley Pkwy & Long Spur stop 274 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Hogback Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Hogback Trail & Manor House Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Coloraw Trail 2 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Hogback Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- Hogback Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Hogback Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 305 ft
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