Rocky Mountain Wilderness Viewpoint & Copeland Lake via Sandbeach Lake Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,182 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Rocky Mountain Wilderness Viewpoint & Copeland Lake via Sandbeach Lake Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain National Park near Meeker Park, CO. The route passes Copeland Lake before reaching Rocky Mountain Wilderness Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 1,182 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Rocky Mountain Wilderness Viewpoint & Copeland Lake via Sandbeach Lake Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,182 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 8,318–9,005 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Mountain National Park
Trailhead: 40.21831, -105.53651
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 76°F / low 60° · precip 5% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Copeland Lake.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Sandbeach Lake Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Rocky Mountain Wilderness Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 2.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Copeland Lake 3.2 mi · ▲ 118 ft
- Hidden Falls–Copeland Lake, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- Copeland Lake–Finch Lake Cutoff Trail, 4 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 954 ft
- Copeland Lake & Meeker Park Sh Spur Road via Sandbeach Lake Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,418 ft
- Mount Orton–Sandbeach Lake, 4 lakes 10.5 mi · ▲ 3,382 ft
- Calypso Cascades–Copeland Lake, 5 sights 15.7 mi · ▲ 2,628 ft
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