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Ruth Roberts Preserve

Lake Link Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Lake Link Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Ruth Roberts Preserve near Country Estates, CO. It climbs 270 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,220 – 5,456 ft10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94474, -105.07361
Nearest town Country Estates, CO
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Lake Link Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 3 hr 12 min

Elevation 5,219–5,455 ft

Out & Back · Ruth Roberts Preserve

Trailhead: 39.94474, -105.07361

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Community Ditch Trail, heading SE.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  10. 1 miSharp left, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.9 miBear left onto Quail Creek Trail / Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading N.
  19. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  21. 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading W.
  25. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  28. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-link-trail-out-back-15-km-8582

Trail surface

91% paved5% gravel3% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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