Steep but gradual accent up to a beautiful lake. Nice scenery the entire way out. Out and back 10 miles total, minimum 5 hours. Beautiful views
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Narrow trails with rough hiking. Tree branches encroaching on the trail.
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The shed hunting was pretty slow. Only bagged two gazelles and a monitor lizard
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Quite a bit of bushwhacking via this late season route and the snow was heavy but predictable. Lower was melted out above summer trail making for unpleasant scree field scramble. Hike out was more steep up than expected. Hard day.
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This is an out and back trail that does connect to another trail and you can hike all the way into Frisco
This is also open for horses. I would recommend shoes as there are lots of rocks sticking up and roots. Two foot bridges may give horses trouble, but they can be bypassed
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Warm and sunny with wildflowers here and there. Route was gentle for mile 1, next half mile was steep trail. The last half was steep and tedious talus with good carins for route finding. Vertical exposure was moderate on this class 2 route.
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Great hike but definitely a tough one. Took us 7 hrs including a 30-40 min lunch break at the lake.
Incredible scenery between the falls and the lake.
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Gorgeous wildflowers, waterfalls and lake. Last week of June after a low snow winter.
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Our local shred with the 50 project. Bjarne and Cody switched roles was a good laugh Cody was the Camera man Bjarne is always been and athlete good times worse snow conditions I’ve ever skied the silver in after 13 years ha ha
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Christmas Eve, the afternoon sun was shinning through the snow covered pines and the views were great. Trail was packed snow - micro spikes helpful but not completely necessary.
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Christmas Eve, the afternoon sun was shinning through the snow covered pines. Views of the Tenmile Range, Buffalo Mountain and Red Peak were plentiful. Do the loop clockwise for a more gradual but long incline, counterclockwise for a steeper assent to start.
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We did this as an early winter hike/snowshoe. The section through the aspens was gorgeous! Also lovely was the contrast of the snow partially covering the rocks. Towards the top the snow was knee-deep and we could barely see the prior person’s track. The cabin was re-built in 2017 and looks sturdier than the last time I was there. Gaiagps gave me 8.5 miles round trip and > 2200’ elevation gain.
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This is an easy hike that travels over a packed trail with some areas of rock to rock stepping. This time of year there are only two streams with water. Early in the spring, there are 2-3 more due to snowmelt. It is a pleasant hike with a great view of Lake Dillon on the beginning of the trail.
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This was our first hike in Colorado. My 3 teenage boys and I hiked up to Lower Slate lake and spent 3 nights there and did a day trip up to Upper Slate lake. The entire area is pristine and majestic. The hike takes you through many different landscapes that were so beautiful.
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Nice little hike on a crowded trail. Was nice for an afternoon but I probably wouldn’t do it again
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Fantastic single track leading to the gorgeous lake. Flower abound. Few hikers and lots of wildlife.
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North Ten Mile Creek + a taste of the Gore Trail with V rob and Stephanie.
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September 30: Fall colors great - AND - nobody else there except for the last two miles...….
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Hike this trail on Sept 25, 2019. Perfect Colorado blue sky day and seasonally warm (72-degrees at trailhead at 11am). Deceiving good fall color hike with Aspens for first 0.9 miles and then ground cover fall colors for the majority of trail up to Eccles Pass. 60-degrees at top of psss with light wind - unobstructed 360-degree view’s - lived it!!
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Very beautiful hike all along the trail to the lake. The nearby Booth, Pitkin and Deluge Lake hikes are all equally beautiful.
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The flowers, the creek that serves as your companion along most of the hike, and then... the magnificent lake at the end... all combine for a first-rate hiking experience.
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Very nice hike. Lots of different ecosystems to hike through. Long day, but the gain is pretty gentle and spread out. Some bugs around the lakes, but otherwise was fine. Had to traverse some snow and ten mile creek, which was a little tricky.
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We hiked to the base spoils of the nine but did not climb the trail through the spoils, lots of loose rock. Views are spectacular at the mine!
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Fun trip with the whole family. Pretty intense for just about all of us.
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This is a great through hike. We started in Frisco and caught the free Summit Stage bus to Copper Mountain. The hike starts there and you hike back to Frisco over Uneva Pass and through some nice high country. Very nice trail. Some fall aspen colors at the beginning and end of the hike. The hike ended up being a total of nearly 14 miles. So it can be a longer day.
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