Wilmot Trail via Ponderosa Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 451 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Wilmot Trail via Ponderosa Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Elephant Park, CO. It climbs 451 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,300 – 7,746 ft3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.62233, -105.35931
Nearest town Elephant Park, CO
Directions
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Wilmot Trail via Ponderosa Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 451 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 7,299–7,747 ft
Out & Back · Alderfer/Three Sisters Park
Trailhead: 39.62233, -105.35931
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Silver Fox Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Ponderosa Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Hidden Fawn Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Wilmot Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach Wilmot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Hidden Fawn Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Ponderosa Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Silver Fox Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bluebird Meadow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
99% dirt1% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Brother's Lookout via Ponderosa Trail 1.8 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Bluebird Meadow Trail & Ranch View Trail Loop via Ponderosa Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 320 ft
- Bearberry Trail–Bluebird Meadow Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Hidden Fawn Trail–Ponderosa Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Lois Lane Trail–Midden Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 401 ft
- Scenic View Viewpoint–Evergreen Mtn West Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 711 ft
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