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Alderfer Ranch

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Alderfer Ranch

Name: Alderfer Ranch
Rating: 2

Recommended by 4 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

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Location: Jefferson County, Colorado, United States

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1. Alderfer Ranch to Evergreen Mountain — Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

7.86km

02:20

240m

Rocky scramble through ponderosa pines to Evergreen Mountain's summit with Mount Evans views.

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2. Dedisse Park Trail to Evergreen Mountain loop

21.9km

06:20

570m

Historic ranch trail weaving through Three Sisters rock formations to Mount Evans views.

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3. Elephant Butte Loop – Three Sisters Park

10.2km

03:08

360m

Forest trail to Elephant Butte summit passing historic 1850s ranch and towering ponderosa pines.

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jpaone

July 27, 2021

Parking lot can fill on weekends, at which point there's some spots along the road. People usually come across the east parking lot first so that will be more crowded along the road. Come early or late to get a spot.

From the west parking lot, you can access any area of the park on either side of the road.

Vincent Reboul

May 2, 2022

Near Evergreen, Alderfer and Three Sisters Park offers breathtaking panoramas, iconic rock formations, stands of ponderosa pines and a large number of trails.

The Alderfer Barn near the trailhead is a small log barn built in the 1850s.

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Elevation 2,350 m

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Location: Jefferson County, Colorado, United States

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Alderfer Ranch

1. Alderfer Ranch to Evergreen Mountain — Alderfer/Three Sisters Park

2. Dedisse Park Trail to Evergreen Mountain loop

3. Elephant Butte Loop – Three Sisters Park

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