Copeland Lake & Finch Lake Cutoff Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,258 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Copeland Lake & Finch Lake Cutoff Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Allenspark, CO. The route reaches Copeland Lake at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,258 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Copeland Lake & Finch Lake Cutoff Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,258 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 8,318–9,224 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.19206, -105.54259
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 73°F / low 60° · precip 7% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Allenspark Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.9 miReach Copeland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Allenspark Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
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