Dorsey Lake–Glacier Creek Stock Trail, 6 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Dorsey Lake–Glacier Creek Stock Trail, 6 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. The route reaches Dorsey Lake at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 500 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dorsey Lake–Glacier Creek Stock Trail, 6 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 500 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 7,790–8,110 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.35139, -105.58104
Weather Sep 4: Light rain, high 78°F / low 55° · precip 7% · wind 17 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Tuxedo Park Bus Stop stop 607 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Moraine Tuxedo Cutoff Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tuxedo Park YMCA Camp Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Glacier Creek Stock Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Glacier Creek Trail (GCT), heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Friendship Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Glacier Creek Stock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Glacier Creek Trail (GCT), heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Glacier Creek Stock Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mountain Center Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Boone Family Mountain Center Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Dorsey Lake.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wind River North, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto River Camp Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wind River North, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dorsey Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Tunnel Road Horse Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wind River North, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tunnel Road Horse Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Glacier Creek Stock Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower Cookout, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Morain Bridge, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Tuxedo Park YMCA Camp Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Moraine Tuxedo Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Transit-accessible: Tuxedo Park Bus Stop stop 607 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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