Snow Sledding Hill & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 58 min
Snow Sledding Hill & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Ruby Hill Park near Ruby Hill, CO. The route passes Overland Pond before reaching Snow Sledding Hill at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Snow Sledding Hill & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 58 min
Elevation 5,229–5,360 ft
Out & Back · Ruby Hill Park
Trailhead: 39.68282, -104.99380
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 62° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: Evans Gate B stop 494 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Overland Pond.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sanderson Gulch bypass, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ruby Hill Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Slopestyle S, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Slopestyle XS, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Slopestyle S, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Snow Sledding Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Slopestyle XS, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Slopestyle S, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Ruby Hill Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sanderson Gulch Bypass, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 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
- Transit-accessible: Evans Gate B stop 494 m from the trailhead
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