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Prospect Park

Tabor Lake–West Lake, 10 lakes

13.5 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Tabor Lake–West Lake, 10 lakes is a 13.5-mile out-and-back in Prospect Park near Cambridge Park, CO. The route passes Prospect Lake, West Lake, Bass Lake and 3 more. It climbs 530 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,378 – 5,932 ft14.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.77409, -105.11669
Nearest town Cambridge Park, CO
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Tabor Lake–West Lake, 10 lakes

13.5 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Elevation 5,377–5,931 ft

Out & Back · Prospect Park

Trailhead: 39.77409, -105.11669

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Owens St stop 491 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading W.
  3. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miPass Prospect Lake.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miPass West Lake.
  7. 50 ftPass Bass Lake.
  8. 50 ftPass Tabor Lake.
  9. 200 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miPass Duke Lake.
  15. 1.4 miContinue straight onto 44th Avenue Trail, heading W.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading W.
  17. 1.3 miPass Tucker Gulch.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tucker Gulch Trail, heading SW.
  19. 1 miReach Tabor Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 1 miContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading S.
  21. 1.3 miContinue straight onto 44th Avenue Trail, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Clear Creek Trail, heading NE.
  23. 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Prospect Lake to West Lake Loop, heading E.
  29. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moore St to Prospect Lake Bridge Loop, heading E.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  31. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/clear-creek-clear-creek-out-back-16-lakes-24-km

Trail surface

77% paved13% dirt5% gravel5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: W 44th Ave & Owens St stop 491 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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