It’s only about 100 yards away on a completely flat trail. While you’re parked at this trailhead, it’s worth the short detour to see a piece of historic mining equipment. Building ruins from the gold mining boom in Breckenridge. If you’re using All Trails, use this posting to follow for your route. If you continue to follow signs for Minnie Mine past this point, you’ll end up walking back on the road and it’s no fun! Taking X10U8 at this point will spit you out near the bottom of Minnie Mine Loop pretty close to the parking area. You’ll reach another fork where you should continue on the left-most trail on X10U8. Retrace your steps back to this point, and take a right at the fork, going downhill. Continue past this sign for about 75 yards to an amazing viewpoint that most people miss out on (the main photo of this article). To break it down, leave from the parking area and follow signs for Minnie Mine until you get to the area pictured above. See the sign post on the left? Continue past this for the viewpoint then take the fork downhill on your way back. Instead, follow signs for X10U8 (pronounced Extenuate). ![]() ![]() Most people follow the signs for Minnie Mine Loop which can lead you back down to the road before you make it all the way back to the parking area. We feel like most people will be able to complete this portion and we’ve heard of young kids being able to do it themselves too. There’s minimal elevation gain and it’s a short distance. Initially the hike begins with a moderate ascent, which is why I would consider this hike to be pretty easy, but it’s not completely flat. View from Minnie Mine Loop trail looking towards Breckenridge.
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