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Gold Creek Lake Trail

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 4.4 (7)
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  2. CO
  3. …Northwest Rockies
  4. Mount Zirkel Wilderness
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7.3

Miles

11.7

KM

Point to Point

10,957' 3,340 m

High

8,417' 2,566 m

Low

2,745' 837 m

Up

206' 63 m

Down

8%

Avg Grade (4°)

28%

Max Grade (15°)

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  4.4 from 7 votes

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in Mount Zirkel Wilderness

#7469

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in Mount Zirkel Wilderness

#569

in Colorado

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The lush lower Gold Creek meadows.
Jul 10, 2017 near Walden, CO
Lower part of the falls at about 1.75 miles in.
Sep 16, 2018 near Walden, CO
One of the easier log creek crossings going down on Gold Creek Lake Trail.
Jun 26, 2018 near Walden, CO
Crossing Gold Creek along the trail.
Jul 10, 2017 near Walden, CO
Near Ute Pass, looking toward the Gold Creek Drainage.
Jul 10, 2017 near Walden, CO
Gold Creek Lake.
Jul 10, 2017 near Walden, CO

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Jun 20, 2020
Rachel Pierstorff
Log crossing at mile 1.72 is very sketchy, we had someone fall in. 3.5mi
Sep 15, 2018
Christina Schroeder
Beautiful hike in the fall. We turned around at the waterfall about 1.75 miles in. It is worth the hike just to check it out. 4mi — 1h 30m
Aug 1, 2017
Matt Culpepper
Wildflowers, waterfalls, wilderness 6mi

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