Yankee Hill–Cumberland Spur Road, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 2,048 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Yankee Hill–Cumberland Spur Road, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Alice, CO. The route reaches Yankee Hill at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 2,048 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Yankee Hill–Cumberland Spur Road, 4 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 2,048 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 9,162–11,189 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Cumberland Spur Road · 39.79928, -105.62079
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 74°F / low 56° · precip 11% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
- Start on Cumberland Spur Road, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Washoe Gulch Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Yankee Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Yankee Hill Summit Road, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Yankee HIll Climb West, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Yankee Hill Summit Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Yankee Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yankee HIll Climb West, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yankee Hill Summit Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yankee Hill Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Washoe Gulch Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Cumberland Spur Road, heading SE.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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