Button Rock Preserve

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.

Elevation

0 mi6,103 – 6,634 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sleepy Lion Trail 40.22291, -105.35155
Nearest town Pinewood Springs, CO

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Sleepy Lion Trail, heading S.
  2. 1 miContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Professors' Ranch Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miPass Ralph Price Reservoir.
  6. 200 ftBear right onto South Shore Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftReach Ralph Price Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Professors' Ranch Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Button Rock Trail, heading E.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading E.
  16. 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.

Trail surface

61% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 88°F61°
Feels like80°Precip8%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity15%
Hourly temperature
90°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:30 PM
Sat 87°66°
Sun 88°61° 18%
Mon 84°65° 25%
Tue 83°61° 20%
Wed 83°57° 29%
Thu 89°62° 34%

Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route

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