Sleepy Lion Viewpoint & Button Rock Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,108 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Sleepy Lion Viewpoint & Button Rock Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Pinewood Springs, CO. The route reaches Sleepy Lion Viewpoint. It climbs 1,108 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Sleepy Lion Viewpoint & Button Rock Trail
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,108 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 6,063–6,700 ft
Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve
Trailhead: 40.22611, -105.35020
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 87°F / low 62° · precip 8% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Sleepy Lion Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Button Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.6 miArrive 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
- No dogs on part of this route
More from this trailhead
- Sleepy Lion Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 867 ft
- Sleepy Lion Trail 4 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
- Nelson Loop via Night Hawk Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft
- Button Rock Trail & Night Hawk Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 975 ft
- Button Rock Trail–Nelson Loop, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,167 ft
- The Atoll 8.3 mi · ▲ 2,223 ft
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