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Arapaho National Forest

Kinney Creek Trail & Lake Evelyn Trail

13.6 mi · ▲ 3,779 ft · 6 hr 25 min

Kinney Creek Trail & Lake Evelyn Trail is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Leal, CO. It climbs 3,779 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi9,718 – 11,595 ft · steepest grade: 29%13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kinney Creek Trail 39.85381, -106.01680
Nearest town Leal, CO
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Kinney Creek Trail & Lake Evelyn Trail

13.6 mi · ▲ 3,779 ft · 6 hr 25 min

Elevation 9,717–11,597 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: Kinney Creek Trail · 39.85381, -106.01680

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:32 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start on Kinney Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 3.2 miBear left onto Lake Evelyn Trail, heading N.
  3. 3.6 miReach Kinney Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 3.6 miBear right onto Kinney Creek Trail, heading S.
  5. 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/kinney-creek-trail-lake-evelyn-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:32 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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