State: Colorado
Location: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
Length, One-Way: 18.6 miles
Trail Type: Out and Back
Minimum Elevation: 7700 feet
Maximum Elevation: 9000 feet
Best Season: June to October
Difficulty: Moderate
Usage: Moderate
Trail Information
The Switzerland Trail is an old railroad bed, so the grades are moderate, The surface is not technical, but it is rough and rocky. The stretch north of Gold Hill Road is less traveled because the connection at the north end at Sawmill Road requires a short, steep scree scramble with your bike on your shoulder where the new road fill covers the old railroad bed. The largest elevation drop is from either Gold Hill Road or Glacier Lake/County Road 120 to the junction of Sunset/Four Mile Canyon Dr. The Switzerland Trail can be made into a loop with a return by the Gold Hill Road and Peak-to-Peak Highway.
Directions
Accessed from the Peak-to-Peak Highway (CO 72) at the southwest end
