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Cuthroat Lane–Emmaline Lake Trail, 5 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 552 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Cuthroat Lane–Emmaline Lake Trail, 5 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Box Prairie, CO. It climbs 552 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,006 – 9,485 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Emmaline Lake Trail 40.57395, -105.59346
Nearest town Box Prairie, CO
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Cuthroat Lane–Emmaline Lake Trail, 5 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 552 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 9,006–9,486 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Emmaline Lake Trail · 40.57395, -105.59346

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Emmaline Lake Trail, heading SW.
  2. 2.3 miTurn left onto Cuthroat Lane, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miBear left onto Rainbow Brook Road, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miSharp left onto Pingree Park Road, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 150 ftTurn left onto Sky Ranch Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Emmaline Lake Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 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/cuthroat-lane-emmaline-lake-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

37% gravel9% dirt54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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