Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Dude's Fishing Hole & Snowshoe Hare Trail Loop

2.8 mi · ▲ 583 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Dude's Fishing Hole & Snowshoe Hare Trail Loop is a 2.8-mile loop in Golden Gate Canyon State Park near Coal Creek, CO. The route reaches Dude's Fishing Hole. It climbs 583 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi8,721 – 9,118 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Aspen Meadows Campground Road 39.86510, -105.41745
Nearest town Coal Creek, CO

Directions

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Dude's Fishing Hole & Snowshoe Hare Trail Loop

2.8 mi · ▲ 583 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 8,721–9,119 ft

Loop · Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Trailhead: Aspen Meadows Campground Road · 39.86510, -105.41745

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading E.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Snowshoe Hare Access Trail, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Snowshoe Hare Trail, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftPass Dude's Fishing Hole.
  5. 2.4 miTurn left onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading W.
  6. 200 ftBear left onto Snowshoe Hare Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 200 ftBear right onto Snowshoe Hare Access Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Aspen Meadows Campground Road, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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