Basin Trail

Telluride, Colorado

Colorado

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0.4 mi

Distance

158 ft

Gain

13 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.4 mi
Elevation gain
158 ft
Elevation loss
158 ft
Highest point
11,162 ft
Lowest point
11,005 ft
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Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Basin Trail is a short out-and-back hike in Colorado covering 0.76 miles with 158 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 11,162 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
11,005 ft
High point
11,162 ft
Total climbing
158 ft
Total descent
158 ft
Steepest stretch
8% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.8 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Nearest town
Mountain Village, Colorado · 1.7 mi
Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1; USGS GNIS populated places

Conditions

Active alerts for Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as of Oct 10, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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Alpen Rose RV Park

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