White River National Forest · Colorado

Broken Rib

4.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,500 ft of climbing · 8,963 ft–10,504 ft · native material surface · trail No. 1849 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

9,844 ft 10,504 ft · 4.1 mi high 10,504 ft

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.6770, -107.2347 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Broken Rib #1849 the Forest Service's write-up

No fee

The Broken Rib trail is 6.2 miles long. It begins at Forest Road 600 and ends at Forest Trail 2025, Palmer Lake Trail. The trail is open for the following uses: Hiking and Horseback Riding

This hike on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.