Jenny Lake & Yankee Doodle Lake via Rollins Pass Road
14.6 mi · ▲ 1,361 ft · 5 hr 33 min
Jenny Lake & Yankee Doodle Lake via Rollins Pass Road is a 14.6-mile out-and-back near East Portal, CO. The route passes Jenny Lake and Yankee Doodle Lake. It climbs 1,361 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi9,695 – 11,064 ft14.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rollins Pass Road 39.92374, -105.66853
Nearest town East Portal, CO
Directions
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Jenny Lake & Yankee Doodle Lake via Rollins Pass Road
14.6 mi · ▲ 1,361 ft · 5 hr 33 min
Elevation 9,696–11,062 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rollins Pass Road · 39.92374, -105.66853
Weather Sep 4: Rain, high 63°F / low 42° · precip 28% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rollins Pass Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miPass Jenny Lake.
- 0.8 miPass Yankee Doodle Lake.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Spruce Wye, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rollins Pass Road, heading SW.
- 2 miBear right, heading E.
- 2.1 miReach Jenny Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Spruce Wye, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Road, heading W.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
RainTemperature 63°F42°
Precip28%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity53%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.2″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°40°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:31 PM
Sat
61°44°
17%
Sun
71°47°
55%
Mon
61°44°
42%
Tue
67°41°
32%
Wed
68°43°
40%
Thu
66°44°
44%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rollins Pass Road Trailhead
- Rollins Pass Road 3 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Rollins Pass Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 305 ft
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