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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lamartine Spur 1 Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lamartine Spur Road, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lamartine Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Silver City Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cascade Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Griffin Mountain Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Griffith, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Powerline, heading S.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Highline, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Sporting Times, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Georgetown Reservoir.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Georgetown Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Highline, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Powerline, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Griffith, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Griffin Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Cascade Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Lamartine Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Silver City Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lamartine Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Lamartine Spur Road, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Lamartine Spur 1 Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
80% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
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- Lamartine Spur 1 Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 752 ft
- Cascade Creek Road–Lamartine Spur 1 Road, 6 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 3,368 ft
- Charter Oak Line Road–Lamartine Spur 1 Road, 4 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 4,558 ft
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