Monarch Lake–Lake Granby, 5 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near Elkdale, CO. The route passes Lake Granby before reaching Monarch Lake at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 3,034 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi8,317 – 9,367 ft · steepest grade: 19%15.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Strawberry Lake Trail 40.12536, -105.77616
Nearest town Elkdale, CO
Directions
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Monarch Lake–Lake Granby, 5 sights
15.8 mi · ▲ 3,034 ft · 6 hr 47 min
Elevation 8,316–9,367 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Strawberry Lake Trail · 40.12536, -105.77616
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start on Strawberry Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Granby.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Strawberry Bench Trail, heading E.
- 3.7 miSharp left onto High Lonesome Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Arapaho Pass Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miReach Monarch Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto High Lonesome Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Strawberry Bench Trail, heading SW.
- 3.7 miBear right onto Strawberry Lake Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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