Winter Railyard Snowboarding & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 50 min
Winter Railyard Snowboarding & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Ruby Hill Park near Ruby Hill, CO. The route passes Overland Pond before reaching Winter Railyard Snowboarding at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Winter Railyard Snowboarding & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 50 min
Elevation 5,229–5,357 ft
Out & Back · Ruby Hill Park
Trailhead: 39.68455, -104.99306
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 62° · precip 4% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: South Broadway & West Colorado Avenue stop 469 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Overland Pond.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sanderson Gulch bypass, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ruby Hill Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Winter Railyard Snowboarding, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sanderson Gulch Bypass, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: South Broadway & West Colorado Avenue stop 469 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Snow Sledding Hill & Overland Pond via Ruby Hill Loop Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Overland Pond–Platte River Trail, 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Centennial Oxbow–Overland Pond, 5 sights 9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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