Name: Thomas Lakes Trail
Rating: 4.4

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Thomas Lakes Trail heads west off of Hay Park Trail at the southern end of a meadow, around 1.75 miles from the start of the Thomas Lakes Out and Back hike or the approach to the Mount Sopris Trail.

After the trail split, Thomas Lakes Trail climbs through Aspen trees and open meadows for ~2mi. In this span, the trail crosses Prince Creek twice before finally reaching Thomas Lakes. This

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Land Manager: White River National Forest - Maroon Bells

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Tom Robson with improvements by Spero Papadopoulos and 1 other

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4.4 from 9 votes

#9

in White River National Forest

#7533

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4.4 from 9 votes

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One of the many open meadows on the Thomas Lakes Trail heading up to Mount Sopris.

Dec 15, 2014 near El Jebel, CO

Heading back down Mount Sopris, surrounded by Aspen and wildflowers.

Dec 15, 2014 near El Jebel, CO

Carbondale runner, Elinor Fish, out for a sunrise cruise on the flanks of Mt Sopris.

Sep 30, 2015 near El Jebel, CO

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Jul 10, 2021

Emily Teague

3h 45m

Jun 22, 2021

Michael Capelle

8.74 miles 1684 feet round trip from parking lot. 8.7mi

Aug 8, 2020

Jana DuMond

Beautiful day for a beautiful hike. We are so excited to camp at Thomas Lakes for the first time! 4.1mi — 2h 26m

May 30, 2020

Jana DuMond

Seems to take about 2 miles from the parking lot to get to this trail. There are still some snow patches and we did get caught in the rain at the e… 8.8mi — 3h 50m

Sep 25, 2018

Mally Shaw

Sep 4, 2018

Emmanuel Beltran

Drive a little rough

Sep 2, 2018

Rob Cannon

Didn’t get to make it to the top. But great trail and perfect weather 4.5mi

Aug 1, 2016

Katie Millar

up to Mt. Sporis 3.8mi — 2h 15m

Jun 20, 2016

Afton Gilliland

One of the hardest physical things I've done in a very long time but totally worth it. Beautiful, spectacular views. — 6h 20m

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Thomas Lakes Trail

“The starting trail for any Mount Sopris adventure. ”

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10,201' 3,109 m

9,402' 2,866 m

799' 244 m

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