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Hope Lake Trail

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  2. CO
  3. …Southwest Rockies
  4. Silverton
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“A beautiful trail up to Hope Lake where you can find a tremendous amount of wildflowers in July and early August. ”

Don Smith
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3.2

Miles

5.1

KM

Point to Point

12,444' 3,793 m

High

10,747' 3,276 m

Low

1,762' 537 m

Up

65' 20 m

Down

11%

Avg Grade (6°)

28%

Max Grade (16°)

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Features Lake · Views · Wildflowers

Dirt road to trailhead is rough in spots but accessible with an '06 Subaru Outback. Overflow parking lot on the left is available before the trailhead parking.

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Land Manager: USFS - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison Nat. Forests

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Don Smith with improvements by Zander Göpfert
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Hope Lake
Jun 30, 2021 near Mountai…, CO
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Jun 29, 2022
Valerie Norton
https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2022/06/hope-lake.html
Jul 31, 2021
Huzefa Badaruddin
2.4mi — 2h 30m
Nov 19, 2020
Emily B
BEST 7mi — 2h 00m
Aug 22, 2020
Christy Tornelli
Aug 5, 2019
kstorck
4.6mi — 2h 55m
Jul 14, 2019
Daylene York
6.4mi
Jun 9, 2014
Kelsey Reher

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