Keystone Lake & Rossiter Trail via Aqueduct Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Keystone Lake & Rossiter Trail via Aqueduct Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Keystone, CO. The route reaches Keystone Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 245 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Keystone Lake & Rossiter Trail via Aqueduct Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 9,213–9,352 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Rossiter Trail · 39.59963, -105.99870
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 76°F / low 46° · precip 10% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rossiter Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Soda Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Aqueduct Trail, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Granny's Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Keystone Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Rossiter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 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 (~29 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Rossiter Trail Trailhead
- Dillon Reservoir & Snake River Trail 1.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Rossiter Trail & Scrappy Trail via Snake River Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 487 ft
- Aqueduct Trail & Rossiter Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 425 ft
- Aqueduct Trail & Rossiter Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 482 ft
- Buzztail–Rossiter Trail, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Keystone Ranch Road–Red Trail, 4 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 556 ft
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