Blue Lake & Blue Lake Trail via Bowen Gulch Trail
12.3 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Blue Lake & Blue Lake Trail via Bowen Gulch Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Never Summer Wilderness near Gaskil, CO. The route reaches Blue Lake at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 1,983 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi8,842 – 10,712 ft · steepest grade: 21%12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bowen Gulch Trail 40.35409, -105.86734
Nearest town Gaskil, CO
Directions
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Blue Lake & Blue Lake Trail via Bowen Gulch Trail
12.3 mi · ▲ 1,983 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 8,841–10,713 ft
Out & Back · Never Summer Wilderness
Trailhead: Bowen Gulch Trail · 40.35409, -105.86734
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Bowen Gulch Trail, heading NW.
- 5.3 miTurn right onto Blue Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Blue Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bowen Gulch Trail, heading SE.
- 5.3 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 6:35 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from Bowen Gulch Trail Trailhead
- Bowen Gulch Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Bowen Gulch Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Bowen Gulch Connector Trail via Bowen Gulch Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 760 ft
- Bowen Gulch Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 1,464 ft
- Bowen Gulch Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 1,457 ft
- Bowen Lake Trail via Bowen Gulch Trail 16 mi · ▲ 2,947 ft
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