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Community Ditch Trail via Lake Link Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Community Ditch Trail via Lake Link Trail is a 6.9-mile out-and-back near McKay Landing, CO. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,227 – 5,407 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94499, -105.01857
Nearest town McKay Landing, CO
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Community Ditch Trail via Lake Link Trail

6.9 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 5,226–5,407 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.94499, -105.01857

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 400 ftContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miReach Community Ditch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading W.
  15. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.8 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading NE.
  19. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/community-ditch-trail-out-back-11-km-baa8

Trail surface

96% paved3% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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