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Jasper Lake–Diamond Lake, 4 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near Eldora, CO. The route passes Diamond Lake and Jasper Lake. It climbs 2,951 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi10,138 – 11,510 ft · steepest grade: 28%11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Arapaho Pass Trail 39.99517, -105.63429
Nearest town Eldora, CO

Directions

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Jasper Lake–Diamond Lake, 4 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 2,951 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Elevation 10,138–11,509 ft

Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness

Trailhead: Arapaho Pass Trail · 39.99517, -105.63429

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Arapaho Pass Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Diamond Lake Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.3 miPass Diamond Lake.
  4. 2.3 miTurn right onto Devils Thumb Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 150 ftPass Jasper Lake.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 150 ftReach Jasper Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Diamond Lake Trail, heading E.
  17. 3.6 miContinue straight onto Arapaho Pass Trail, heading SE.
  18. 1 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

54% other42% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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