1. Start on Niwot Cutoff Trail, heading NW.
2. 50 ftPass Brainard Lake.
3. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
4. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
5. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
6. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
7. 200 ftSharp left onto Summer Snowshoe, heading NE.
8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
9. 0.7 miBear right onto Waldrop Trail, heading E.
10. 0.8 miPass Red Rock Lake.
11. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
12. 0.1 miSharp right onto Red Rock Lake Spur Trail, heading E.
13. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
14. 450 ftReach Red Rock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Waldrop Trail, heading W.
16. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
17. 0.8 miBear left onto Summer Snowshoe, heading W.
18. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
19. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
20. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
21. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
22. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
23. 0.3 miSharp left onto Niwot Cutoff Trail, heading S.
24. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/red-rock-lake-brainard-lake-out-back-6-lakes-7-km