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Colorado
Cougar Ridge
2.5 mi
Distance
2,434 ft
Gain
25 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside White River National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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No access route mapped
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Trail character
Difficult
Why you'll love it
Part of Trails near Dowds Junction
Big climb
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,434 ft
- Elevation loss
- 768 ft
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About this trail
Cougar Ridge is a 2.50-mile trail in the Trails near Dowds Junction system within Colorado's Forest Service land. The trail gains 2,434 feet of elevation.
Permits & access
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