Blunn Reservoir & Tucker Lake Loop via Ralston Creek Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 328 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Blunn Reservoir & Tucker Lake Loop via Ralston Creek Trail is a 5.8-mile loop in Long Lake Regional Park near Apple Meadows, CO. The route passes Tucker Lake, Tucker Lake and Blunn Reservoir. It climbs 328 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Blunn Reservoir & Tucker Lake Loop via Ralston Creek Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 328 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 5,664–5,968 ft
Loop · Long Lake Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.81631, -105.21564
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 91°F / low 65° · precip 5% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ralston Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Tucker Lake.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Blunn Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Tucker Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 2.1 miPass Blunn Reservoir.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftThe loop closes 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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