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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

  1. Start on Arapaho Pass Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Diamond Lake Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.3 miReach Diamond Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Arapaho Pass Trail, heading E.
  5. 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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