Whoops Trail via South Fork Loop
4 mi · ▲ 689 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Whoops Trail via South Fork Loop is a 4-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Hideaway Park, CO. It climbs 689 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whoops Trail via South Fork Loop
4 mi · ▲ 689 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 8,938–9,258 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: 39.92531, -105.77609
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 76°F / low 43° · precip 21% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Transit-accessible: Upper Rendezvous Road stop 360 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Serendipity Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Whoops Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto South Fork Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Whoops Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Whoops Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Serendipity Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Upper Rendezvous Road stop 360 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Serendipity Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Crosstrails Trail–Yankee Doodle Trail, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 587 ft
- Winterwoods Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 409 ft
- Meadow Trail & Serendipity Trail via Crosstrails Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 658 ft
- Idlewild Trail–Serendipity Trail, 7 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 778 ft
- Meadow Trail–Serendipity Trail, 6 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 829 ft
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