Guinn Mountain–Yankee Doodle Lake, 3 summits is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near East Portal, CO. The route passes Guinn Mountain before reaching Yankee Doodle Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,103 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi10,709 – 11,674 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rollins Pass Trailhead Road 39.93500, -105.68221
Nearest town East Portal, CO
Directions
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Guinn Mountain–Yankee Doodle Lake, 3 summits
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,103 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 10,708–11,675 ft
Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Rollins Pass Trailhead Road · 39.93500, -105.68221
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rollins Pass Trailhead Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Road, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Boulder Wagon Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Guinn Mountain.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Boulder Wagon Road Spur, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Boulder Wagon Road, heading SW.
- 500 ftPass Yankee Doodle Lake.
- 250 ftReach Guinn Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Boulder Wagon Road Spur, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Boulder Wagon Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Rollins Pass Road, heading W.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Trailhead Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
84% dirt2% boardwalk14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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