Virginus Mine Trail
A very steep climb in Colorado. The hardest 500 metres average 30.2% and come almost at once, before your legs have settled. Expect 20 to 33 minutes. At 7.0 TEP it is harder than 66% of the climbs in the catalogue. It faces north: the shady side, where snow stays longest. Graded alpine hiking: exposed, rocky ground that needs sure feet and some use of the hands. The nearest named summit, Mendota Peak at 4,039 m, is 792 m away.
- TEP
- 7.0
- Climb
- +310 m
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Average grade
- 19.9%
- Time
- 20 to 33 min
Climbs nearby
- Colorado NE climb, 5.8 km at 13.1% (1.8 km away)
- Virginius Mine, 1.9 km at 20.9% (2 km away)
- Wrights Lake, 1.9 km at 13.9% (2.1 km away)
- Sneffels Highline, 1.9 km at 12.9% (3.1 km away)
- Sneffels Highline, 2.9 km at 10.8%, Colorado (4 km away)
- Sheridan Crosscut, 2.6 km at 24.4%, Colorado (4.1 km away)
Place and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).