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Georgetown Reservoir–Cascade Creek Road, 8 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Lawson, CO. The route reaches Georgetown Reservoir. It climbs 4,794 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi8,816 – 11,162 ft · steepest grade: 34%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.75659, -105.62676
Nearest town Lawson, CO

Directions

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Georgetown Reservoir–Cascade Creek Road, 8 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 4,794 ft · 7 hr 26 min

Elevation 8,815–11,163 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: 39.75659, -105.62676

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lamartine Spur 1 Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Lamartine Spur Road, heading S.
  5. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamartine Road, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Silver City Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left onto Cascade Creek Road, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Griffin Mountain Road, heading W.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Griffith, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Powerline, heading S.
  14. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Highline, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftBear right onto Sporting Times, heading SW.
  16. 0.4 miPass Georgetown Reservoir.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miReach Georgetown Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.7 miBear left onto Highline, heading NE.
  21. 450 ftContinue straight onto Powerline, heading NE.
  22. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Griffith, heading E.
  23. 250 ftContinue straight onto Griffin Mountain Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Cascade Creek Road, heading E.
  25. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  26. 0.7 miTurn right onto Lamartine Road, heading NE.
  27. 0.6 miTurn right onto Silver City Road, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.6 miTurn left onto Lamartine Spur Road, heading E.
  30. 1.2 miTurn left onto Lamartine Spur 1 Road, heading NE.
  31. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 0.2 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

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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