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Southwest Loop & Uvalda Trail via Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Montbello, CO. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,273 – 5,296 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.81240, -104.82097
Nearest town Montbello, CO

Directions

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Southwest Loop & Uvalda Trail via Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail

4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 5,272–5,295 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.81240, -104.82097

Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 92°F / low 59° · precip 6% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Bluestem Loop, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Southwest Loop, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Wetland Trails, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.7 miSharp left onto Uvalda Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miReach Southwest Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Rocky Mountain Greenway Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Wetland Trails, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Southwest Loop, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bluestem Loop, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

65% dirt33% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 92°F59°
Feels like84°Precip6%Wind13 mphUV7Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
95°55°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sat 92°63°
Sun 91°62° 31%
Mon 89°71° 31%
Tue 87°66° 25%
Wed 88°63° 31%
Thu 91°64° 31%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:55 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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