Sleepy Lion Viewpoint–The Atoll, 3 cliffs
8.9 mi · ▲ 2,206 ft · 4 hr 4 min
Sleepy Lion Viewpoint–The Atoll, 3 cliffs is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Button Rock Preserve near Lyons, CO. The route passes The Atoll and Sleepy Lion Viewpoint. It climbs 2,206 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,643 – 6,815 ft · steepest grade: 40%9.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.20239, -105.32045
Nearest town Lyons, CO
Directions
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Sleepy Lion Viewpoint–The Atoll, 3 cliffs
8.9 mi · ▲ 2,206 ft · 4 hr 4 min
Elevation 5,642–6,813 ft
Out & Back · Button Rock Preserve
Trailhead: 40.20239, -105.32045
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftPass The Atoll.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Button Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Sleepy Lion Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Sleepy Lion Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Night Hawk Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- The Atoll 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,398 ft
- Coffintop Mountain–The Atoll, 3 cliffs 10.5 mi · ▲ 3,341 ft
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