Sunnyside - Shadyside Loop, Trail Map, Sunnyside Trailhead, Aspen - Snowmass, Colorado

Sunnyside - Shadyside Loop - 11.2 Miles

Aspen - Snowmass




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1: N39 12.937 W106 50.530 — 0.0 miles : Sunnyside Trailhead
2: N39 13.024 W106 50.460 — .35 miles : Trail forks up and to the right by cairn
3: N39 13.162 W106 50.574 — .55 miles : Begin long, sweeping switchback
4: N39 13.376 W106 50.729 — .8 miles : Heading SE on switchback
5: N39 13.254 W106 50.361 — 1.33 miles : Trail crosses dirt road (left) and picks up (right)
6: N39 13.250 W106 50.286 — 1.55 miles : Trail bends back
7: N39 13.433 W106 50.408 — 1.8 miles : Steady climb with expanding views over valley
8: N39 13.424 W106 50.216 — 2.05 miles : Trail bends back
9: N39 13.529 W106 50.237 — 2.3 miles : Grade moderates to phone tower @ 2.4 miles
10: N39 13.585 W106 50.027 — 2.55 miles : Level through grassy glade
11: N39 13.693 W106 49.791 — 2.8 miles : Rise back into mixed forest
12: N39 13.711 W106 49.678 — 3.02 miles : Shadyside Trail split #1 | Start-Finish Loop
13: N39 13.573 W106 49.247 — 3.52 miles : Shadyside Trail split #2
14: N39 13.352 W106 49.189 — 3.8 miles : Travel moderates across aspen hillside
15: N39 13.120 W106 48.743 — 4.3 miles : Trail follows contour lines below summit
16: N39 12.906 W106 48.374 — 4.8 miles : Trail follows contour lines below summit
17: N39 13.263 W106 48.113 — 5.3 miles : Slight dip on approach to Repeater Road split
18: N39 13.429 W106 48.146 — 5.52 miles : Shadyside - Sunnyside Trail - Repeater Road split
19: N39 13.601 W106 48.675 — 6.05 miles : Fast descent in nondescript forest
20: N39 13.611 W106 49.214 — 6.55 miles : Shadyside - Sunnyside split @ pond
21: N39 13.814 W106 49.294 — 7.05 miles : Fast travel - look for meadows thru trees
22: N39 14.021 W106 49.514 — 7.4 miles : Shadyside Trail split - keep left
23: N39 13.993 W106 49.590 — 7.55 miles : Rolling travel through pine-aspen intervals
24: N39 13.883 W106 49.724 — 8.0 miles : Vague trail near completion of loop
25: N39 13.711 W106 49.678 — 8.2 miles : Complete Loop | Sunnyside - Shadyside split