Yukon trails · Cottonwood Trail
Cottonwood Trail
A 10.0-mile out-and-back in Yukon, with 1,502 ft of climbing.
Length
10.0 mi
Elevation gain
1,502 ft
Difficulty
Expert
Max grade
31%
Steepest mile
+656 ft
Tread at ≥10% grade
1.7 mi
Shape
out-and-back
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 70% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 3.3.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Heads up
Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 8:04 a.m., the sun rises at 8:47 a.m. and sets at 7:02 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:45 p.m. (MST) — 10 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 20.0-mile round trip takes roughly 8 h 54 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 5:41 p.m. — 1 h 21 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Shorty Creek Trail — 11.2 mi
- King's Throne Summit Trail — 11.9 mi
- King's Throne Trail — 13.7 mi
- Auriol Trail — 19.7 mi