This hike STARTS at Lower Cataract Lake, and is 6.2 miles round trip. The map shown above is wrong. Also, the road to the trail head is closed November through April and the "Season Popularity" to the left is wrong. <====> That being said, Surprise Lake is typical hike through the Eagles Nest Wilderness and Surprise Lake is a beautiful high alpine lake.
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The Giga GPS maps fort this trail appear to be two separate maps with miss-matched alignment. AllTrails.com maps provide a better view of this trail system...…. Can Giga GPS fix this problem??????
Horseshoe Gulch is a series of trails that allow a back-country user to travel from Tiger Road, Breckenridge to Keystone Ranch and beyond. Blair Witch trail is one of many trails a user can use, and is not shown in Giga GPS.
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This is Miller Creek Trail, not a difficult hike, it's a medium difficulty hike. lots of fun and of course gorgeous scenery… Turkeys and elk in the area.
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This is Miller Creek Trail, not a difficult hike, it's a medium difficulty hike. lots of fun and of course gorgeous scenery… Turkeys and elk in the area.
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This is Miller Creek Trail, not a difficult hike, it's a medium difficulty hike. lots of fun and of course gorgeous scenery… Turkeys and elk in the area.
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From trail head you hike up an easy Jeep road. Beautiful views of cirque and old mining buildings.
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Fantastic hike. Starts out climbing easy then final push to lower lake is rocky and a bit steep. No dangerous areas or falling off obstacles. Reward of making it to upper lake is worth the climb.
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Shortish hike with a great diversity of environments (including forest, meadows, and tall brush). It is well traveled with friendly hikers. There are some areas that suggest the trail isn’t designed for the amount of people it carries (confusing desire paths, widening, and trail erosion)
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Heavily trafficked trail, but well maintained and great views. For an easy 2-3 hour hike close to Breck this one can’t miss.
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1st 10,000 summit with Vic. We started pretty chilly but this hike warmed us up quick because it is almost entirely inclined and hard work! The view at the top offers great vantage points and picture spots. We descended the same way we came up.
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Pretty mellow multi use trail along Gore Creek in Vail, Colorado. Slight decent heading west from the Ritz-Carlton and slight assent heading back. A great morning wake me up. You can go much further than we did, but we had to turn around for an appointment.
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The beginning is a bit unrewarding, with non-covered trail overlooking the highway followed by a moderate incline. However, once you get to the wooded area, it is a spectacular hike and the view at the lakes is a perfect reward.
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We hike to the terminus of the new slide inFrisco, Colorado. We had to bushwhack quite a bit, but the view was fabulous.
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Gaia trail map took us to 10,600, 800ft below summit. Had we followed National Geographic Dillon map, would have followed trail 9509 to summit (or 9511). Little water along trail. Amazing views across Dillon Lake to TenMile range and Gore Range. This trip about 8.5 miles, 4:45hrs, 1450 elevation. Next time to summit! Hiked with Dave, Dave, John, Rick, daisy and Kermit.
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Easy hike to a beautiful alpine lake. Most of the elevation gain comes at the end of the hike. Our family did this in deep snow over Memorial Day weekend and had a great time! Luckily most of the trail had been broken, but still had some areas of post-holing (GAIA app was helpful as there were multiple trails in the snow). Ate lunch at the snow covered lake.
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This is a relatively short but strenuous hike, but worth every mile! Hiking in late October will have a lot fewer hikers, but expect cooler temperatures and patches of snow and ice. The majority of the trail was clear, but the last switchbacks up to the lake were snow covered and I broke trail through about a foot of snow. Some sort of ice grippers on your hiking shoes are required as well as hiking poles for that stretch. I had Stabilicers and poles. I took a leisurely pace up and took photos, so it was about 2 hours up to the lake. I got chased back down by a small snow squall, so that took about an hour and 40 minutes down.
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My wife and I hiked Mt. Elbert on July 10th, 2018. Not being from the area, we got an early start at 5:20 AM after camping just down the road. The trail was clear and even in the dawn light headlamps were not needed. After breaking through the treeline, we started to slow as the altitude got to us. The trail is not as well marked in two locations where scrambling is necessary, so it was helpful to have the GPS. Once on the ridge, the trail levels out a little for the final approach to the summit. Overall, it was a great experience, and one of the best hikes I have ever completed.
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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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