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Hells Hole Trail #53

Intermediate/Difficult
 4.3 (17)
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  2. CO
  3. …Central Rockies
  4. Georgetown
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4.1

Miles

6.6

KM

Point to Point

11,527' 3,514 m

High

9,670' 2,947 m

Low

1,866' 569 m

Up

8' 2 m

Down

9%

Avg Grade (5°)

29%

Max Grade (16°)

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

Almost all of this trail is in the Mount Evans Wilderness. Wilderness rules apply.

Drive past the Chicago Creek Campground, the road will dead-end at the parking lot/trailhead. There are vault toilets at the trailhead.

Description

Beautiful hike to a glacial cirque that provides a little bit of everything. You begin in an open forest where there are some picnic areas and quickly reach an aspen grove before coming upon bristlecone pines towards the end of the hike. Wildflowers can be found throughout and at the meadow at the end of the trail. The trail itself is well defined and mostly shaded.

Contacts

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

Shared By:

Ralph Bradt with improvements by Chelsea Taylor and 1 other
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Trail Ratings

  4.3 from 17 votes

#4

in Georgetown

#853

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Trail Rankings

#4

in Georgetown

#147

in Colorado

#853

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Gray Wolf peaking through the firs
Jul 5, 2019 near Georgetown, CO
Aspens on the ascent
Jul 5, 2019 near Georgetown, CO
Pines on the trails
Jul 5, 2019 near Georgetown, CO
Pines
Jul 5, 2019 near Georgetown, CO
Marsh Marigolds and Globeflowers
Jul 5, 2019 near Georgetown, CO
Gray Wolf
Jul 5, 2019 near Georgetown, CO

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Jul 15, 2023
Dmitry S
Jun 28, 2023
Joel Scherer
great trail conditions 4.1mi — 5h 00m
May 6, 2022
Elizabeth Johnson
Went with Josh. Post-holing to waist from 2 mls, quit at 3 mls. One pair of snowshoes. Still postholing. Josh broke my pole.
Jul 11, 2021
Meg Gerold
Trail actually continued for 4.5 miles and our tracker said that there was 3100ft of elevation gain. It was a tough and steep hike but the views fr… 9mi — 5h 13m
Sep 12, 2020
Matt Steen
Aug 20, 2020
Lindsey Howell
Jul 18, 2020
Kristin Stanfa
Jul 18, 2020
Christopher Lee
great hike. beautiful view at the top. first half is tough, 2nd half fairly easy — 8h 42m

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