Mount Toll–Lake Isabelle, 9 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Indian Peaks Wilderness near Ward, CO. The route passes Brainard Lake, Long Lake, Lake Isabelle and Pawnee Pass before reaching Mount Toll at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 3,422 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi10,322 – 12,976 ft · steepest grade: 37%13.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pawnee Campground Loop B - Tent Camp 40.08049, -105.56728
Nearest town Ward, CO
Directions
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Mount Toll–Lake Isabelle, 9 sights
12.7 mi · ▲ 3,422 ft · 5 hr 57 min
Elevation 10,323–12,977 ft
Out & Back · Indian Peaks Wilderness
Trailhead: Pawnee Campground Loop B - Tent Camp · 40.08049, -105.56728
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pawnee Campground Loop B - Tent Camp, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Summer Snowshoe, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Brainard Lake.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Niwot Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Long Lake.
- 150 ftBear right onto Jean Lunning Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Pawnee Pass Trail, heading W.
- 1.7 miPass Lake Isabelle.
- 2.4 miPass Pawnee Pass.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Pawnee Peak, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach Mount Toll, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left onto Pawnee Pass, heading SW.
- 3.3 miContinue straight onto Pawnee Pass Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Jean Lunning Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Niwot Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Summer Snowshoe, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.4 mi in (~197 min). Leave by 3:51 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pawnee Campground Loop B - Tent Camp Trailhead
- Long Lake–Brainard Lake, 3 lakes 2.1 mi · ▲ 194 ft
- Long Lake–Brainard Lake Loop, 9 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Mitchell Lake–Brainard Lake, 6 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 426 ft
- James Basin Road–South Saint Vrain Trail, 4 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft
- Isabelle Glacier–Lake Isabelle, 8 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,996 ft
- Green Lake Number 3–Long Lake, 6 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 1,739 ft
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