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

  1. Start on Rollins Pass Road, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miPass Jenny Lake.
  5. 0.8 miPass Yankee Doodle Lake.
  6. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Spruce Wye, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Rollins Pass Road, heading SW.
  8. 2 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 2.1 miReach Jenny Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 2 miTurn right onto Spruce Wye, heading W.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rollins Pass Road, heading W.
  13. 2.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 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° 2 PM: 1% rain3 PM: 5% rain4 PM: 16% rain5 PM: 18% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 12% rain8 PM: 28% rain9 PM: 19% rain10 PM: 2% rain11 PM: 2% rain
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

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