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Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center

Schmoll's Knoll–Minnie Lake, 6 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,834 ft · 4 hr 51 min

Schmoll's Knoll–Minnie Lake, 6 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center near Bark Ranch, CO. The route passes Minnie Lake before reaching Schmoll's Knoll at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 1,834 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi8,012 – 8,783 ft · steepest grade: 22%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ceran St. Vrain Trail 40.12442, -105.44214
Nearest town Bark Ranch, CO
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Schmoll's Knoll–Minnie Lake, 6 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,834 ft · 4 hr 51 min

Elevation 8,014–8,783 ft

Out & Back · Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center

Trailhead: Ceran St. Vrain Trail · 40.12442, -105.44214

Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 76°F / low 60° · precip 9% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ceran St. Vrain Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Miller Rock, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto Miller Rock Descent, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miPass Minnie Lake.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Archery, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftSharp left onto Lake Trail, heading SE.
  15. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Glacier View Loop, heading SE.
  19. 450 ftTurn left onto OutBack Loop - Private Trail, heading SW.
  20. 1.1 miTurn right onto RMERC, heading W.
  21. 250 ftReach Schmoll's Knoll, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 250 ftTurn left onto OutBack Loop - Private Trail, heading W.
  23. 1.1 miTurn right onto Glacier View Loop, heading SW.
  24. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 150 ftBear left onto Lake Trail, heading W.
  28. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  32. 0.1 miBear right onto Archery, heading NW.
  33. 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  34. 450 ftBear right onto Ceran Saint Vrain, heading NE.
  35. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  36. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Miller Rock Descent, heading N.
  37. 0.8 miSharp right onto Miller Rock, heading NE.
  38. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ceran St. Vrain Trail, heading N.
  39. 1.8 miArrive 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/schmolls-knoll-minnie-lake-out-back-7-sights-19-km

Trail surface

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 76°F60°
Precip9%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity34%
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:29 PM
Sun 73°52° 32%
Mon 76°55° 25%
Tue 79°52° 34%
Wed 80°54° 34%
Thu 76°54° 32%
Fri 79°52° 27%

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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