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Ruth Roberts Preserve

Lake Link Trail

5 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Lake Link Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Ruth Roberts Preserve near Broomfield, CO. It is mostly level, with 172 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,355 – 5,443 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Link Trail 39.93406, -105.08844
Nearest town Broomfield, CO
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Lake Link Trail

5 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 5,355–5,444 ft

Out & Back · Ruth Roberts Preserve

Trailhead: Lake Link Trail · 39.93406, -105.08844

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Transit-accessible: Hwy 287 / Miramonte Blvd (N) stop 198 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake Link Trail, heading N.
  2. 2.2 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  9. 2.1 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-link-trail-out-back-8-km-7b26

Trail surface

73% gravel27% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Hwy 287 / Miramonte Blvd (N) stop 198 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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