Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Minnie Lake–Lake Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Minnie Lake–Lake Trail, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center near Hidden Lake, CO. The route reaches Minnie Lake. It climbs 548 ft. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Minnie Lake–Lake Trail, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 548 ft · 1 hr 56 min
Elevation 8,375–8,780 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Trailhead: Glacier View Loop · 40.12791, -105.46334
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 75°F / low 58° · precip 7% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftPass Minnie Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Archery, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Minnie Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Miller Rock Spur, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Archery, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Glacier View Loop Trailhead
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- Lyon's Bathtub–Minnie Lake, 3 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- Schmoll's Knoll & OutBack Loop - Private Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Miller Rock–Minnie Lake, 3 summits 4.2 mi · ▲ 387 ft
- Cannon Mountain–Minnie Lake, 5 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 1,681 ft
- Minnie Lake–Cannon Mountain Ditch, 7 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 2,980 ft
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