Colorado trails · Tanner Peak Trail
Tanner Peak Trail
A 13.0-mile network in Colorado, with 3,496 ft of climbing, topping out at 9,467 ft. Reaches Tanner Peak. Managed by USFS San Carlos Ranger District.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the middle third — 64% of the ascent, between mile 4.3 and mile 8.7. It gives back about 4,570 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Tanner Peak (summit)
Getting there
East Bear Trailhead — parking nearby. About 32 min drive (13 mi, 8 of them unpaved) from Cañon City. 38.30536, -105.25554 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:42 a.m., the sun rises at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 6:24 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:51 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 16 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.0-mile route takes roughly 6 h 33 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:42 p.m. — 4 h 43 min before sunset.