Hiking & Backpacking
Hiking offers peace to your harried mind. With
four Wilderness Areas and hundreds of miles of
trails surrounding Lake City, you’ll find that your
busy life fades away. Some of the most
splendid scenery in the United States will fill you
with wonder.
If you are new to the area or are not yet
acclimated to the elevation, there are beautiful
trails that require less climbing than others.
If you are feeling hardy, there are six
Fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet in
elevation) in the immediate area, along with
dozens of Thirteeners. Trails to the Fourteeners
are generally busier than others.
Most of these climbs are located within one of
four Wilderness Areas: Uncompahgre,
Powderhorn, La Garita, and the Weminuche, or
in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Area
(WSA). Motorized vehicles and bicycles are not
permitted in these places.
Extend your hiking experience by backpacking
and camping along way.
What You Need to Know Before You Go
Hiking & Backpacking Trails
Alpine Gulch 6 miles
American Basin (to Handies Peak) 3.2 miles
Big Blue Creek 12 miles
Canon Infierno 6 miles
Cataract Gulch 4.1 miles
Cooper Creek 3.7 miles
Cottonwood Creek 4.1 miles
Crystal Lake 4 miles
Cuba Gulch 3.25 miles
Devil's Creek 6.8 miles
Larson Lakes 7.1 miles
Powderhorn Lakes 4.5 miles
Powderhorn Park 6.3 miles
Wager Gulch 4.8 miles
Waterdog Lake 3.8 miles
Weminuche Pass to Continental Divide 4.5 miles
Williams Creek 7.5 miles
Trails to Fourteeners
Handies Peak (via Grizzly Gulch) 4.2 miles
Redcloud & Sunshine Peaks 5.7 miles
San Luis Peak (via Stewart Creek Loop) 8 miles
Uncompahgre Peak 2.5 miles
Wetterhorn Peak 3 miles
four Wilderness Areas and hundreds of miles of
trails surrounding Lake City, you’ll find that your
busy life fades away. Some of the most
splendid scenery in the United States will fill you
with wonder.
If you are new to the area or are not yet
acclimated to the elevation, there are beautiful
trails that require less climbing than others.
If you are feeling hardy, there are six
Fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet in
elevation) in the immediate area, along with
dozens of Thirteeners. Trails to the Fourteeners
are generally busier than others.
Most of these climbs are located within one of
four Wilderness Areas: Uncompahgre,
Powderhorn, La Garita, and the Weminuche, or
in the Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Area
(WSA). Motorized vehicles and bicycles are not
permitted in these places.
Extend your hiking experience by backpacking
and camping along way.
What You Need to Know Before You Go
Hiking & Backpacking Trails
Alpine Gulch 6 miles
American Basin (to Handies Peak) 3.2 miles
Big Blue Creek 12 miles
Canon Infierno 6 miles
Cataract Gulch 4.1 miles
Cooper Creek 3.7 miles
Cottonwood Creek 4.1 miles
Crystal Lake 4 miles
Cuba Gulch 3.25 miles
Devil's Creek 6.8 miles
Larson Lakes 7.1 miles
Powderhorn Lakes 4.5 miles
Powderhorn Park 6.3 miles
Wager Gulch 4.8 miles
Waterdog Lake 3.8 miles
Weminuche Pass to Continental Divide 4.5 miles
Williams Creek 7.5 miles
Trails to Fourteeners
Handies Peak (via Grizzly Gulch) 4.2 miles
Redcloud & Sunshine Peaks 5.7 miles
San Luis Peak (via Stewart Creek Loop) 8 miles
Uncompahgre Peak 2.5 miles
Wetterhorn Peak 3 miles
Hikers on a trail near Engineer Pass, with
Wildhorse Peak in the background. Photo by
Mary Carkin.
Wildhorse Peak in the background. Photo by
Mary Carkin.
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