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Comanche Peak Wilderness

Corral Creek Trail & Peterson Lake Trail via Big South Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 887 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Corral Creek Trail & Peterson Lake Trail via Big South Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Comanche Peak Wilderness near Spencer Heights, CO. It climbs 887 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,472 – 10,040 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Peterson Lake Road 40.55290, -105.78078
Nearest town Spencer Heights, CO
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Corral Creek Trail & Peterson Lake Trail via Big South Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 887 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 9,473–10,039 ft

Out & Back · Comanche Peak Wilderness

Trailhead: Peterson Lake Road · 40.55290, -105.78078

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Peterson Lake Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big South Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.9 miBear right onto Corral Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.3 miReach Peterson Lake Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.3 miBear left onto Big South Trail, heading NE.
  6. 2.9 miContinue straight onto Peterson Lake Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 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/corral-creek-trail-peterson-lake-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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