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Arapaho National Recreation Area

High Lonesome Trail

2 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 45 min

High Lonesome Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Recreation Area near Tabernash, CO. It is mostly level, with 175 ft of elevation gain. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,083 – 10,191 ft2.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Junco Lake Trailhead 40.04458, -105.73229
Nearest town Tabernash, CO
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High Lonesome Trail

2 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 45 min

Elevation 10,083–10,191 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Recreation Area

Trailhead: Junco Lake Trailhead · 40.04458, -105.73229

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on High Lonesome Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right onto Caribou Road, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 300 ftTurn left onto High Lonesome Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-lonesome-trail-out-back-3-km-6f25

Trail surface

5% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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