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Forest Lakes Trail

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 4.5 (11)
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  2. CO
  3. …Front Range
  4. Roosevelt National Forest
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“A beautiful trail connecting Moffat Road with East Portal. ”

Tom Robson
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2.9

Miles

4.7

KM

Point to Point

11,001' 3,353 m

High

9,576' 2,919 m

Low

1,460' 445 m

Up

35' 11 m

Down

10%

Avg Grade (6°)

19%

Max Grade (11°)

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Features Fall Colors · River/Creek · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Description

The Forest Lakes Trail cuts across the front of a steep ridge on an old road for a half-mile until it intersects Arapaho Creek. It follows the creek for about another mile before it turns away from the creek to the northeast following a gentle grade to the lower of the two lakes. The trail leads around the lower lake and continues west to the upper Forest Lake, finally connecting to Rollins Pass (aka Corona Pass) another quarter-mile past upper Forest Lake.

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Land Manager: USFS - Arapaho National Forests - Clear Creek Ranger District

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Tom Robson with improvements by Kevin James
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Trail Ratings

  4.5 from 11 votes

#2

in Roosevelt National Forest

#1070

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#2

in Roosevelt National Forest

#167

in Colorado

#1,070

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Upper Forest Lake.
Oct 23, 2016 near Winter…, CO

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Aug 22, 2022
Maria Verven
Really hard. Rained in the way down.
Aug 14, 2021
Katie Kester
Dec 16, 2020
Atsuko Ohtake
Jun 20, 2020
Mike Amolsch
Several lakes, rivers. Falls, mud. - incredible day near Nederland! One of the better hikes for sure- 12mi
Nov 24, 2019
Stephen Pack
Feb 18, 2019
Steve Chaput
Jan 27, 2019
Alex O'Connell
Snow well packed until junction with Arapaho Creek Trail. Beyond this, lots of snow on the steep; much less traffic. Beware of skiers. 6mi — 4h 00m
Sep 8, 2018
Joe Glynn
No scrambling, but good workout. We did a loop: East Portal-Rogers Pass-Rollins Pass and a bit on the Moffat Road, finishing with Forest Lakes. 18.4mi — 7h 30m

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