La Poudre Pass & Specimen Ditch Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 16 min
La Poudre Pass & Specimen Ditch Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Willey Lumber Camp, CO. The route reaches La Poudre Pass. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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La Poudre Pass & Specimen Ditch Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 10,177–10,294 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: Grand Ditch Trail · 40.48110, -105.82128
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 70°F / low 41° · precip 3% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
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- Start on Grand Ditch Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Specimen Ditch Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass La Poudre Pass.
- 1.6 miReach La Poudre Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Grand Ditch Trail, heading NE.
- 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.
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