Name: Too Long Trail
Rating: 3.8

Toolbox

Plan in onX Backcountry

Driving directions
Download GPX File

Know This Trail?

Upload a photo

Dogs Unknown

Features Fall Colors · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

The park is closed an hour after sundown to an hour before dawn.

Description

From the Elk Meadow parking lot, take the Sleepy S Trail to the Meadow View Trail, and continue on for about three miles. If you reach the Founder's Trail, you've gone a little too far.

This trail continues west from the Mountain View Trail and offers an alternate route to the Bergen Peak Trail, though the Too Long Trail is steep, with a ton of switchbacks. Once you've summited Bergen Peak, the descent is quick, and demands full attention.

Flora & Fauna

Bergen Peak is consistently home to elk and deer, and coyote and mountain lions have occasionally been sighted.

Contacts

Land Manager: Jefferson County, CO - Open Space Dept.

Shared By:

Mikhaila Redovian

Full Details

Trail Ratings

3.8 from 12 votes

#2

in Elk Meadow Park

#11345

Overall

3.8 from 12 votes

5 Star		8%
4 Star		67%
3 Star		25%
2 Star		0%
1 Star		0%

Trail Rankings

#2

in Elk Meadow Park

#944

in Colorado

#11,345

Overall

13 Views Last Month

1,344 Since Jul 30, 2015

		0%
		0%
		25%
		17%
		58%
		0%

Add a Photo

Photos

Early spring on the trail. Since the trail is mostly on the north face, this trail can stay cold for a while.

Aug 13, 2016 near Kittredge, CO

0 Comments

Weather

Current Trail Conditions

Minor Issues 1 day ago

Update Conditions See History

Add Your Check-In

Check-Ins

Apr 20, 2025

Alex O'Connell

In total, Painters Pause, Founders, Meadow, Too Long out and back. 9.5-10 miles? 4 hours+ walking? 10mi — 4h 00m

Aug 2, 2024

Alex O'Connell

added mileage from the TH to the trail, and the last bit to the summit on the Bergen Peak trail. Really enjoying this alternative to Bergen Peak — 3h 40m

Apr 3, 2021

Rachel Solorio

2.3mi

Jun 20, 2020

Matt Kohn

May 30, 2020

Jacob Ewald

Jul 14, 2018

Matt Culpepper

Back end of Bergen Peak Loop

Mar 2, 2018

Kristen Dillon

Oct 14, 2017

Ryan Zink

Apr 5, 2017

James Barbour

Surprisingly difficult with the variable snow. 20' wet heavy snow on south slopes, 40' pow on the north. 7.4mi

Jun 18, 2016

Neanderthal Guy

Aug 2, 2015

Private User

Nearby Recommended Routes

Chavez and Beaver Brook Trail Loop

5.1 mi 8.3 km • 1,018' Up 310.19 m Up • 1,021' Down 311.12 m Down

Genesee, CO

Mestaa'ėhehe Mountain

2.2 mi 3.5 km • 570' Up 173.68 m Up • 569' Down 173.29 m Down

Idaho S…, CO

Mount Falcon West Loop

3.6 mi 5.7 km • 638' Up 194.36 m Up • 638' Down 194.35 m Down

Indian…, CO

Mount Morrison

3.6 mi 5.8 km • 1,975' Up 602.04 m Up • 1,974' Down 601.57 m Down

Morrison, CO

Great viewing spot along the trail at the far end of the lollipop

Matthews/Winters Red Rocks Loop

6.9 mi 11.1 km • 1,189' Up 362.29 m Up • 1,180' Down 359.57 m Down

Morrison, CO

Beaver Brook Out and Back

7.1 mi 11.4 km • 1,015' Up 309.37 m Up • 1,014' Down 309.13 m Down

Golden, CO

Your Rating:
Your Difficulty:
Your Favorites:	Add To-Do · Your List

Too Long Trail

“A tougher alternative to the Bergen Peak Trail, this trail is consistently steep with switchbacks. ”

2.3

3.8

Point to Point

9,223' 2,811 m

8,064' 2,458 m

1,159' 353 m

10' 3 m

9%

18%