Backbone Trail
Trail facts
- Length
- 1.7 mi mapped
- Surface
- Ground
- SAC hiking scale
- Mountain hiking (T2)
- Mapped uses
- Hiking, Horseback (pack and saddle), Bicycling
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Length sums the trail as the community maps it, not a trip distance. Hike out and back and you will cover it twice; check the shape of the route before you count on the figure.
This trail is community-mapped on OpenStreetMap. Access, conditions, and maintenance are not verified by the mapper or by us. Check with the land manager before you go.
Quandary Peak is about 59 miles away straight-line. We hike it, verify conditions, and keep a full guide for it.
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Tell the Trip Builder where you are headed and it assembles a day-specific kit with weather, daylight, and terrain in mind.
Build your kitTrail data from OpenStreetMap contributors, snapshot 2026-07-11. Licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0.
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