Meadow Mountain Ranch Trail via Finch Lake Cutoff Trail
4 mi · ▲ 806 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Meadow Mountain Ranch Trail via Finch Lake Cutoff Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain Wilderness near Allenspark, CO. It climbs 806 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi8,458 – 8,987 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Finch Lake Cutoff Trail 40.20840, -105.56096
Nearest town Allenspark, CO
Directions
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Meadow Mountain Ranch Trail via Finch Lake Cutoff Trail
4 mi · ▲ 806 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 8,457–8,985 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: Finch Lake Cutoff Trail · 40.20840, -105.56096
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Meadow Mountain Ranch Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Meadow Mountain Ranch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Finch Lake Cutoff Trail Trailhead
- Finch Lake Cutoff Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 516 ft
- Allenspark Trail via Finch Lake Cutoff Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,049 ft
- Upper Copeland Falls–Lower Copeland Falls, 4 falls 9.6 mi · ▲ 2,192 ft
- Copeland Lake–Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,517 ft
- Calypso Cascades–Bluebird Lake, 5 sights 15.5 mi · ▲ 3,536 ft
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