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A great trail right out of Lake City that can be used to connect to other trails for added distance


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6.9

Miles

11.1

KM

83%

Runnable

12,097' 3,687 m

High

9,415' 2,870 m

Low

2,728' 832 m

Up

111' 34 m

Down

8%

Avg Grade (4°)

28%

Max Grade (16°)

Dogs

Features Fall Colors · Lake · Views · Wildflowers

Need to Know

Parking is at the marked parking area with the portable toilet. You can go up to the actual TH, but it is steep with loose dirt/gravel and there is only room for a car or two.

A good number of trees were down, but they were all easy to navigate around.

Description

This trail starts at the town cemetery. You are guided to park just below it, at a parking area with a portable toilet. Follow the road for about 1/2 mile until this trail and the Crystal Lake trail begins. I combined these two into a loop of about 14-15 miles.

This is an infrequently used trail, but had great signage whenever it connected with another trail. The trail climbs gradually eventually climbing above treeline, past the namesake lake(s).

I spent four days along this trail and the Crystal Lake trail and didn't see one person. The trail is used enough to be easy to follow but infrequently used enough that you'll likely have the trail to yourself.

Shared By:

Trail Run Project Staff with improvements by Jason Doedderlein

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  4.0 from 2 votes

#1

in Lake City

#13505

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in Lake City

#1,200

in Colorado

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Thompson Lake trail view of Lake City
Jul 20, 2017 near Lake City, CO

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Jul 8, 2020
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Aug 24, 2019
Olivia Kalmanson
I ran this from town, cutting out to see the small fishing lake before continuing up. It was stunning! Did several miles out and back on this trail…
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