Bill Moore Lake & Mill Creek Ridge Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,180 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Bill Moore Lake & Mill Creek Ridge Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Empire, CO. The route reaches Bill Moore Lake. It climbs 1,180 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bill Moore Lake & Mill Creek Ridge Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,180 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 10,808–11,503 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Bill Moore Lake Road · 39.80288, -105.70915
Weather Sep 4: Light snow, high 63°F / low 45° · precip 30% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mill Creek Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Bill Moore Lake.
- 2.3 miSharp left onto North Empire Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Bill Moore Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Mill Creek Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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