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Arapaho National Forest

Yankee Hill Trail / Pisgah Lake Road & Yankee Town Road via Washoe Gulch Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,725 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Yankee Hill Trail / Pisgah Lake Road & Yankee Town Road via Washoe Gulch Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Alice, CO. It climbs 1,725 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,617 – 10,913 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cumberland Spur Road 39.80427, -105.63041
Nearest town Alice, CO
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Yankee Hill Trail / Pisgah Lake Road & Yankee Town Road via Washoe Gulch Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,725 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 9,616–10,914 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Cumberland Spur Road · 39.80427, -105.63041

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start on Cumberland Spur Road, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miBear left onto Washoe Gulch Road, heading NW.
  3. 1 miTurn left onto Yankee Town Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Yankee Hill Trail / Pisgah Lake Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miReach Yankee Town Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 400 ftBear right onto Yankee Town Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Washoe Gulch Road, heading SE.
  10. 1 miBear right onto Cumberland Spur Road, heading E.
  11. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/yankee-hill-trail-pisgah-lake-road-out-back

Trail surface

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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