Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 159 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back near Harney, CO. The route reaches Milavec Lake. It is mostly level, with 159 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 159 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 4,908–5,000 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.14524, -104.92850
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 94°F / low 53° · precip 15% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Firestone Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miPass Milavec Lake.
- 1.8 miReach Milavec Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Milavec Lake via Firestone Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 106 ft
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