Hamlin Gulch

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4.1/5 (30 reviews)
Idaho Springs, Colorado (Clear Creek County)
Last Updated: 07/24/2023

Trail Information

Highlights

Traversing the south face of Mount Pisgah between Fall River Road and Bald Mountain Lane, Hamlin Gulch 4-wheel drive road provides an essential connection between the area above Idaho Springs and the county roads above Central City. It is also an important alternate entrance/exit into/out of the extensive network of 4x4 trails around Yankee Hill. Two rocky, off-camber obstacles add excitement to the journey, and magnificent views of Mount Evans to the south and Red Elephant Hill to the west can be seen when there are openings in the trees.


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Trail Reviews

4.1/5 (30)
Open
Rated 5/5
Visited: 09/05/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Harder

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Rated 5/5
Visited: 09/05/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Harder

Great trail to practice off camber… but not alone… definitely recommend having a spotter and another vehicle… please dont go alone if you have never experienced off-camber…. I made it through with a stock land rover lr4 and my friends had a wrangler on 37s and 4runner on 35s
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40600
Open
Rated 4/5
Visited: 07/21/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

Not sure how I feel about this one. Great views, decent small challenges, but man, this trail is off-camber! If shelf and off-camber is not your thing, definitely avoid this one.
Trail Review: Hamlin Gulch - TJ Bosworth
Trail Review: Hamlin Gulch - TJ Bosworth
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Rated 5/5
Visited: 07/21/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

What a great trail! Although it's been a rainy July, we had spectacular weather for our ride on Hamlin Gulch. We did not encounter another vehicle on the trail despite us driving it so close to the weekend. Highly recommended drive!
Trail Review: Hamlin Gulch - Tim Palmer
Trail Review: Hamlin Gulch - Tim Palmer
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Rated 3/5
Visited: 07/16/2023
Difficulty Accuracy: Spot On

I took the lower part until turning off at Upper Hamlin Gulch “bypass”. Once rejoining the Hamlin Gulch trail, I only made it a couple hundred more yards as the upper section of trail is just too rocky and off-camber for my comfort to run alone in my daily driver. With a little more sidewall, ground clearance, and armor, it wouldn’t have been an issue. As it was, I made a very long and slow back out, turning around at waypoint 4 on Upper Hamlin.

The parts of the trail I ran were almost entirely dry. Definitely glad I aired down (there’s a couple pullouts on the lower section, one’s big enough for about 2–3 rigs, the second right before waypoint 2 fits a single vehicle.)

I did encounter another rig that said they had to help a SxS winch off one of the obstacles. The rating seems spot-on and it’s a much more exciting way to get into the Yankee Hill network than some of the other options.

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