Wilson Spring–Grizzly Gulch Road, 5 sights
12 mi · ▲ 1,821 ft · 4 hr 55 min
Wilson Spring–Grizzly Gulch Road, 5 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back near Olympus Heights, CO. The route reaches Wilson Spring at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 1,821 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,114 – 8,711 ft12.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Kruger Horse Campground Connector 40.33636, -105.47714
Nearest town Olympus Heights, CO
Directions
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Wilson Spring–Grizzly Gulch Road, 5 sights
12 mi · ▲ 1,821 ft · 4 hr 55 min
Elevation 8,113–8,712 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Kruger Horse Campground Connector · 40.33636, -105.47714
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Kruger Horse Campground Connector, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Limber Pine Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Moose Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lion Head Spring Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Meadow Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Griffith Homestead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Lion Gulch Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Lion's Paw, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Wilson Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Lion's Paw, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lion Gulch Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Griffith Homestead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Meadow Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Lion Head Spring Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grizzly Gulch Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Moose Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Limber Pine Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Kruger Horse Campground Connector, heading W.
- 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.
Trail surface
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Limber Pine Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 453 ft
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