Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Meeker Park, CO. The route reaches Copeland Lake. It climbs 1,394 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,394 ft · 3 hr 36 min
Elevation 8,328–8,990 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.21539, -105.54832
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 59° · precip 20% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Copeland Lake.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Meeker Park Sh Spur Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Copeland Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miSharp left onto Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
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