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Park County Colorado Hiking Trails
Ben Tyler Trail #606
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Pike
& San Isabel National Forest, Cimarron & Comanche National
Grasslands, National Forest in Colorado
Rated More Difficult to Most Difficult, the 11.4 mile Ben Tyler Trail begins
at an elevation of 8,260' and reaches it's highest point at 11,650'.
Beginning at the North Ben Tyler Trailhead, Ben Tyler Trail climbs steeply
via a series of switchbacks. The trail becomes less steep after the switchbacks
up to a crossing of Ben Tyler Creek, after which the trail gradient increases
and the valley tightens.
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The final section up to the Craig Park Trail junction
is a series of long switchbacks that when traveling east offers views down Ben
Tyler Gulch. After reaching Craig Park Trail (east), the Ben Tyler Trail (west)
continues to climb, crossing Ben Tyler Creek again, to a high saddle above the
treeline. From this point the trail descends to the south into the Rock Creek
drainage.
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