D4

3.5 ( 2 )

Trail

1.6 mile 2.5 kilometer point to point
Easy/Intermediate

Elevation

Ascent: 413' 126 m
Descent: 0' 0 m
High: 9,539' 2,907 m
Low: 9,126' 2,782 m

Grade

Avg Grade: 5% (3°)
Max Grade: 14% (8°)

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“A climb from Vasquez Road to get to some other great trails in the area.”

— Kristen McGlynn

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Description

D4 was once a nice singletrack before it was bulldozed and uprooted during an effort by the USFS to clear out some of the beetle kill pine in the area. Fortunately, the forest around the trail is slowly filling back in, and the rough and rocky doubletrack is returning to a much more pleasant singletrack reminiscent of the original trail.

From Vasquez Road, D4 climbs steadily but never steeply. You'll hike past two junctions with D3 and an intersection with WTB before coming to the trail's end off a turn on FS 159 (Leland Creek Road). From here, a short hike up the dirt road can get you to D2 Green if you want to continue your hike.

Flora & Fauna

Bear, moose, and deer. Lodgepole pine, aspens and some wildflowers in season near the top of the trail.

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Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Office

Jul 10, 2019: New traffic control devices at boat ramps to help protect high country lakes from invasive aquatic species in the Arapaho National Recreation Area

Jul 9, 2019: Pawnee National Grassland Weed Spraying and Area Clean-up July 16

Jul 2, 2019: Public Input Sought on Strawberry Bench Vegetation Project - Two open houses planned in July

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Jun 18, 2018

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3.5 from 2 votes

#23

in Winter Park and Fraser

#17305

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3.5 from 2 votes

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#23

in Winter Park and Fraser

#1,538

in Colorado

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