Too Long Viewpoint & Founder's Trail via Too Long Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 927 ft · 2 hr
Too Long Viewpoint & Founder's Trail via Too Long Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Elk Meadow Park near Wah Keeney Park, CO. The route reaches Too Long Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 927 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Too Long Viewpoint & Founder's Trail via Too Long Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 927 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 7,517–8,416 ft
Out & Back · Elk Meadow Park
Trailhead: Pioneer Trail · 39.66203, -105.35481
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Highway 74 & Lewis Ridge Road stop 237 m from the trailhead
- Start on Pioneer Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Painter's Pause Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Founder's Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Meadow View Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Too Long Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Too Long Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Meadow View Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Founder's Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Painter's Pause Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Pioneer Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 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
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Highway 74 & Lewis Ridge Road stop 237 m from the trailhead
More from Pioneer Trail Trailhead
- Painter's Pause Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Painter's Pause Trail 3 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Elk Ridge Trail–Founder's Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 548 ft
- Founder's Trail–Sleepy S Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 539 ft
- Founder's Trail–Meadow View Trail, 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 593 ft
- Bergen Peak–Bergen Peak Trail, 6 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 2,202 ft
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