Comanche Peak Wilderness

Big South Trail & Peterson Lake Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,051 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Big South Trail & Peterson Lake Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Comanche Peak Wilderness near Spencer Heights, CO. It climbs 1,051 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi8,947 – 9,607 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Peterson Lake Road 40.55290, -105.78078
Nearest town Spencer Heights, CO

Directions

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Big South Trail & Peterson Lake Trail

10.9 mi · ▲ 1,051 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Elevation 8,949–9,606 ft

Out & Back · Comanche Peak Wilderness

Trailhead: Peterson Lake Road · 40.55290, -105.78078

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Peterson Lake Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Big South Trail, heading N.
  3. 5.1 miReach Peterson Lake Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 5.1 miSharp right onto Peterson Lake Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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