Ralph Price Reservoir–Button Rock Trail, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Ralph Price Reservoir–Button Rock Trail, 5 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Pinewood Springs, CO. The route reaches Ralph Price Reservoir. It climbs 1,012 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Ralph Price Reservoir–Button Rock Trail, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 6,102–6,634 ft
Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve
Trailhead: Sleepy Lion Trail · 40.22291, -105.35155
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 88°F / low 61° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start on Sleepy Lion Trail, heading S.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Professors' Ranch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Ralph Price Reservoir.
- 200 ftBear right onto South Shore Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Ralph Price Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Professors' Ranch Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 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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- No dogs on part of this route
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