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Colorado
Mount Blue Sky Ridge
4.3 mi
Distance
1,096 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
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Boundary data
Access via CO 5: Mount Blue Sky
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State DOT 511 · 41 d ago
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Why you'll love it
Mount Evans Wilderness wilderness
Out & back
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Mount Blue Sky Ridge
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,096 ft
- Highest point
- 14,170 ft
- Lowest point
- 13,167 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Mount Evans Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Mount Blue Sky Ridge is a 4.34-mile out-and-back hike in Colorado managed by Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. The trail gains 1,096 feet of elevation and reaches a maximum elevation of 14,170 feet.
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