Calypso Cascades–Copeland Lake, 5 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,628 ft · 6 hr 33 min
Calypso Cascades–Copeland Lake, 5 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Meeker Park, CO. The route passes Copeland Lake and Calypso Cascades. It climbs 2,628 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Calypso Cascades–Copeland Lake, 5 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,628 ft · 6 hr 33 min
Elevation 8,315–9,932 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: Sandbeach Lake Trail · 40.21962, -105.53448
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 60° · precip 6% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Copeland Lake.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miContinue straight onto Finch Lake - Pear Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miPass Calypso Cascades.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Wild Basin Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ouzel Lake Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miReach Calypso Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Wild Basin Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Finch Lake - Pear Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, heading NE.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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