BOULDER LAKE–Harrigan Creek Trail, 3 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 1,808 ft · 4 hr 12 min
BOULDER LAKE–Harrigan Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back near Slate Creek, CO. The route passes BOULDER LAKE before reaching Boulder Lake at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 1,808 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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BOULDER LAKE–Harrigan Creek Trail, 3 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 1,808 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 8,677–9,960 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Not Rock Trail · 39.75013, -106.13793
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 50° · precip 4% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Not Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Harrigan Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Gore Range Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Boulder Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Not Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 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 Not Rock Trail Trailhead
- Not Rock Creek Trail & Not Rock Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Harrigan Creek Trail–Not Rock Trail, 3 sights 14 mi · ▲ 2,784 ft
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