Gianttrack Mountain–Lily Lake, 4 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Beaver Point, CO. The route passes Lily Lake before reaching Gianttrack Mountain at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 3,243 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Gianttrack Mountain–Lily Lake, 4 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 3,243 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 8,699–9,721 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.30408, -105.53696
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 75°F / low 55° · precip 14% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Lily Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Lily Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lily Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Lily Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rams Horn Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Gianttrack Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Lily Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lily Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lily Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lily Mountain–Crag of Fear, 6 cliffs 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,841 ft
- Twin Sisters Peaks–Twin Sisters Mountain, 5 summits 7.5 mi · ▲ 2,432 ft
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