Little Elk Trail
Durango to TH
35 Miles
Gain
3900 Feet
Condition
Poor
Region
Trail Length
11.1 Miles
Part of the Hermosa Creek Trails system.
Little Elk Creek Trail is an 11-mile difficult trail that connects from Dutch Creek trail to the main Hermosa Creek trail.
Map & Directions
Map Coordinates: 37.548477, -107.877331
Where's the Trailhead?
dIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD
Southern Hermosa Creek Access
Northern Hermosa Creek Access
To access Hermosa Creek Southern parking area: From Durango, take highway 550 North from Town and turn left at Hermosa Park Road. Cross the railroad tracks and follow up the road to the southern Hermosa Creek Trailhead located about 4 miles up Lower Hermosa Road which starts near the railroad track crossing in the small town of Hermosa north of Durango. Find the trail heading north near the junction of several dirt roads near the parking area.
Trailwork
help build our trails!
Thursday, September 12 Trailwork
Join us for a weekday trailwork party at [location TBD]. Thank you for volunteering with Trails 2000 at our trailwork party on Thursday, September 12 from 4:30 to 7:30pm!