Keystone Lake via Aqueduct Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Keystone Lake via Aqueduct Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Keystone, CO. The route reaches Keystone Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 317 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Keystone Lake via Aqueduct Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 317 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 9,134–9,352 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.59272, -105.99601
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Glacier Connector, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Soda Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Aqueduct Trail, heading N.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Granny's Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Keystone Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left onto Soda Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Glacier Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Snake River Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Snake River Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 375 ft
- Snake River Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 375 ft
- Aqueduct Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Aqueduct Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 262 ft
- Snake River Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 455 ft
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