BOULDER LAKE & Harrigan Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 2,199 ft · 4 hr 20 min
BOULDER LAKE & Harrigan Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Slate Creek, CO. The route passes BOULDER LAKE before reaching Boulder Lake at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 2,199 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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BOULDER LAKE & Harrigan Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 2,199 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 8,286–9,960 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.76135, -106.14608
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 46° · precip 7% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Harrigan Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 2.9 miBear left onto Gore Range Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Boulder Lake.
- 50 ftReach BOULDER LAKE, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Gore Range Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear right onto Harrigan Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 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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- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Harrigan Creek Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 1,964 ft
- Boulder Creek Trail–Harrigan Creek Trail, 3 sights 10.7 mi · ▲ 2,163 ft
- Not Rock Creek Trail via Harrigan Creek Trail 11 mi · ▲ 2,054 ft
- Not Rock Trail via Harrigan Creek Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 2,276 ft
- Boulder Creek Trail & Harrigan Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail 12.8 mi · ▲ 2,453 ft
- Harrigan Creek Trail & Pebble Creek Trail via Gore Range Trail 13.8 mi · ▲ 3,175 ft
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