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Missouri Gulch Trailhead

Missouri Gulch Trailhead

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Missouri Gulch Trailhead

Name: Missouri Gulch Trailhead
Rating: 2

Recommended by 2 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: San Isabel National Forest

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States

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1. Mount Belford & Mount Oxford loop via Missouri Gulch Trail — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

18.9km

09:26

1,690m

Wilderness trail accessing three 14ers with wildflower meadows and mountain goat sightings above treeline.

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2. Missouri Mountain & Mount Belford loop — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

20.0km

10:26

1,750m

Alpine trail through wetlands to a dramatic U-shaped basin surrounded by towering fourteeners.

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3. Missouri Mountain via Missouri Gulch Trail — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

16.5km

07:37

1,310m

Alpine basin hike through wetlands and wildflowers to Missouri Mountain's summit views of the Collegiate Peaks.

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Matthew

July 6, 2023

The Missouri Gulch Trailhead marks the starting point for a variety of trails. In the summer and fall months, this trailhead starts to overflow before the sun even comes up due to people hiking one or more of the three 14ers that are easily accessible from this trailhead (Missouri Mountain, Mount Belford, and Mount Oxford). Because this large parking lot often overflows, there is extra parking in some pull offs both before and after this parking lot on the main road. There's a vault toilet accessible here during the dry months.

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Elevation 2,940 m

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States

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Missouri Gulch Trailhead

1. Mount Belford & Mount Oxford loop via Missouri Gulch Trail — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

2. Missouri Mountain & Mount Belford loop — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

3. Missouri Mountain via Missouri Gulch Trail — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

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