Diamond Lake & Arapaho Pass Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near Eldora, CO. The route reaches Diamond Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,167 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi10,138 – 10,949 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Arapaho Pass Trail 39.99517, -105.63429
Nearest town Eldora, CO
Directions
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Diamond Lake & Arapaho Pass Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,167 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 10,138–10,949 ft
Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Arapaho Pass Trail · 39.99517, -105.63429
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Arapaho Pass Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Diamond Lake Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miReach Diamond Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Arapaho Pass Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% other
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Arapaho Pass & Arapaho Pass Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,754 ft
- Old Baldy–Arapaho Glacier Trail, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 2,886 ft
- North Arapaho Peak–Arapaho Glacier Trail, 4 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 3,691 ft
- Lake Dorothy & Arapaho Pass Trail 10.8 mi · ▲ 3,914 ft
- Jasper Lake–Diamond Lake, 4 sights 10.9 mi · ▲ 2,951 ft
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