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Arapaho National Forest

Lake Edith & West Chicago Creek Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 729 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Lake Edith & West Chicago Creek Road is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Georgetown, CO. The route reaches Lake Edith. It climbs 729 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi9,521 – 10,158 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.68069, -105.65682
Nearest town Georgetown, CO
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Lake Edith & West Chicago Creek Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 729 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 9,523–10,159 ft

Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest

Trailhead: 39.68069, -105.65682

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Falling Water Road, heading SW.
  3. 1 miPass Lake Edith.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 400 ftReach Lake Edith, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  12. 0.1 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/lake-edith-out-back

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

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