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Ruth Roberts Preserve

Lake Link Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 244 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Lake Link Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Ruth Roberts Preserve near McKay Landing, CO. It is mostly level, with 244 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,227 – 5,420 ft11.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.94499, -105.01857
Nearest town McKay Landing, CO
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Lake Link Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 244 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 5,226–5,421 ft

Out & Back · Ruth Roberts Preserve

Trailhead: 39.94499, -105.01857

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 400 ftContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading SW.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Link Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.3 miSharp left onto Community Ditch Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Link Trail, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Community Ditch Trail, heading E.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miSharp right onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  21. 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lake Lake Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.8 miTurn left onto Lake Link Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.5 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-link-trail-out-back-16-km-55a1

Trail surface

79% paved18% gravel3% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~114 min). Leave by 5:12 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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