San Isabel National Forest
Bartlett Trail #1310

The Bartlett Trail in the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness is about 12.1 miles long and is rated as moderately difficult. It sees its heaviest use in summer and early fall.

Elevations:

• Trail beginning: 8,000'
• High Point: 11,580'
• Trail ending: 11,580'

Access: The lower trailhead is at the edge of Rye, southwest of State Route 165. Go through Rye on Main Street, turn left on Boulder, left again on Graneros Road, then right on Hunter and right again on Baxter to the trailhead. Or, take SR 165 to Ophir Creek Forest Service Road #360. Go west for about 12 miles and then turn left on Greenhorn Mountain Road, go 17 miles to the parking area at the end of the road (the views here are incredible). Most of the Bartlett Trail is in the Wilderness Area, so wilderness rules and regs apply (especially no mechanized vehicles, including mountain bikes and hang gliders).

Notes: If hiking from the Rye end of the trail, it's a long ways up to the junction with the South Apache Trail on the southern shoulder of Greenhorn Mountain. At that junction, if you go north you'll come to the other trailhead for Bartlett. If you go south, you'll go deeper into the Wilderness Area. The Bartlett Trail skirts the upper part of Greenhorn Mountain by staying south and west of the upper mountain.

USGS Maps: Rye, San Isabel