The hike was wonderful and the views very pretty. I picked a bad day. It was very cold and along the ridges and at the top the wind was so strong it knocked me over on a crumbly part of the trail where my footing want secure! I’ll do it again on a better day!
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Great loop trip of Deadwood and Silver Mountains. Route finding ability a must.
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This is one of my top hikes. You will see lots of mountain waterfalls, small lakes and wild flowers. We did this hike in September so it wasn’t packed. It rained and hailed which made it challenging at times, but well worth every step. The only drawback was that it was very windy at the top so we couldn’t hang out at the amazing blue lake.
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Great, short hike. Nice elevation gain on the east trail; 500 feet or so. Beautiful hike. Good trail conditions. 4 stars given due to incessant flies. Biblical; old testament stuff this year probably due to high water. We camped above the falls and bailed early am (before 10:30am) just when the flies started moving. Hike will be much better after a hard frost.
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Great trail, not as steep as I anticipated. The flowers around Engineer Mountain were beautiful.
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Just an absolutely gorgeous drive with lots of side trips and amazing vistas!!
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This one is a good trail. As of 7/23/19 the road is closed about .5 miles to the lake. Easy hike if you’re in for some beautiful views!
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This is great hike and good work out. last mile with lots of vertical. Took me 4 1/2 hrs RT.
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Lots of water on the trail due to the great winter we had. Awesome views of the raging Cascade Creek and Animas River. Some small wildflowers - nice for mid-June. Great views of Engineer and eventually Pigeon and Turret. Can hear the train occasionally. Nice hike.
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Easy hike up the access road to the low lake with expansive views of the valley to the West and Potato Hill to the East. Purgatory resort is also viewable.
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