1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 150 ftTurn right onto Shotgun Trail, heading NW.
3. 400 ftBear right onto Hermod Trail, heading NW.
4. 400 ftTurn left onto Low Line, heading W.
5. 0.3 miPass Lake Telemark.
6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading SW.
7. 50 ftTurn left onto Tent Trail, heading SW.
8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brook Trail, heading SW.
9. 0.3 miBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading SE.
10. 50 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading SE.
11. 0.2 miPass Lake Ames.
12. 100 ftBear left onto Anomaly Trail, heading SW.
13. 250 ftSharp left onto Lake Ames West Trail, heading S.
14. 0.2 miReach Lake Ames, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Anomaly Trail, heading N.
16. 0.2 miBear right onto Mjölnir Trail, heading NW.
17. 0.1 miBear right onto Gus N Bru Trail, heading NW.
18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Iron Spirit Trail, heading NE.
19. 1.3 miSharp left onto Meril Trail, heading E.
20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
21. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
22. 0.3 miBear left onto Evergreen Trail, heading NW.
23. 50 ftTurn right onto Cogswell Mine Trail, heading NW.
24. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ridgeline Trail, heading N.
26. 0.1 miBear left onto Up And Over Trail, heading NE.
27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Free Solo, heading NE.
28. 100 ftSharp right onto Hudsonia Overlook Trail, heading NE.
29. 0.4 miBear left onto Shotgun Trail, heading SW.
30. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
31. 50 ftArrive 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/lake-ames-lake-ames-out-back-10-sights