Morgan Gulch
- 7.6 mi
- round trip
- 667 ft
- climb
- 9,361 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Aug
- best months
Is Morgan Gulch open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 3 alerts for Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
Fire Restrictions
Agency alert covering Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · USFS · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Fire Restrictions
Agency alert covering Sulphur Ranger District · USFS · Sulphur Ranger District
Permanent Recreational Shooting Order
Agency alert covering Sulphur Ranger District · Order 02-10-00-25-02 · USFS · Sulphur Ranger District
As of · Source: USFS · Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Morgan Gulch is a 7.6-mile out-and-back hike in Colorado's Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, within the Sulphur Ranger District. It gains about 667 feet, rising from a low point of 8,608 feet to a high of 9,361 feet. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is natural-surface, with horses and bikes allowed. Summer is the most comfortable season. At a weather station in Fraser, about 13 miles away, July averages highs around 77°F and lows near 38°F, and the station sits roughly 800 feet below the trail. Winters there are cold, with January highs near 31°F. The trail opens from June 1 to November 15. The Morgan Gulch Trailhead is the parking area. The route is rated hard. Nearby, Equinox Gardens offers climbing about 3.6 miles away, and Williams Peak is a similar hike. Horseshoe Campground is about 3.7 miles off, and the No-See-Um Trail is about 4 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Camp Always Choose Adventures28 mi away
- Rancho Del Rio29 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- TIM'S TRAILHiking3.3 mi
- Equinox GardensRock climbing3.6 mi
- Williams PeakHiking3.6 mi
- KEYSER RIDGEHiking3.7 mi
- Horseshoe CampgroundCamping3.7 mi
- No-See-Um TrailHiking4 mi
Williams ForkCanoeingPhoto: US Geological Survey, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)5.1 mi- Grand County / Fraser ValleyRock climbing8.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Waterfall TrailHiking · ~10 min drivePhoto: denverkid, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)- TIM'S TRAILHiking · ~6 min drive
- Williams PeakHiking · ~6 min drive
- BEAVER CREEKHiking · ~10 min drive
KINNEY CREEKHiking · ~14 min drivePhoto: jtsmmm, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- KEYSER RIDGEHiking · ~6 min drive
- CROOKED CREEK/KEYSER CREEKHiking · ~8 min drive
- Waterfall TrailHiking · ~9 min drive
- No-See-Um TrailHiking · ~7 min drive
- Bottle PassHiking · ~12 min drive
Also worth it near here
Best time to visit Morgan Gulch
Best months: June–August. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
31° / -1°
11 wet
Feb
34° / 2°
10 wet
Mar
43° / 11°
9 wet
Apr
51° / 20°
8 wet
May
62° / 27°
7 wet
Jun
72° / 33°
6 wet
Jul
77° / 38°
9 wet
Aug
74° / 37°
10 wet
Sep
68° / 29°
8 wet
Oct
56° / 21°
7 wet
Nov
41° / 10°
8 wet
Dec
31° / -1°
10 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Fraser, CO, 13.1 mi away at 8,560 ft. The station sits about 800 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
