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Keystone Lake–Scrappy Trail, 5 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back near Dillon, CO. The route reaches Keystone Lake at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 1,287 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi9,062 – 9,446 ft15.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.64589, -106.02330
Nearest town Dillon, CO

Directions

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Keystone Lake–Scrappy Trail, 5 sights

14.8 mi · ▲ 1,287 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Elevation 9,061–9,445 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.64589, -106.02330

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tenderfoot Upper Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tenderfoot Mountain, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Oro Grande Trail, heading SW.
  8. 2 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.9 miBear right onto Snake River Bluffs Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right onto Scrappy Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Snake River Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Connector thru Keystone Stables to Snake River, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  18. 400 ftContinue straight onto Granny's Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miReach Keystone Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Connector thru Keystone Stables to Snake River, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  24. 200 ftBear left onto Snake River Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left onto Snake River Bluffs Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  29. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.6 miTurn left onto Oro Grande Trail, heading N.
  31. 2 miBear right, heading NW.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading NW.
  33. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tenderfoot Mountain, heading N.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tenderfoot Upper Trail, heading NW.
  35. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  36. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  37. 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

48% dirt5% paved47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.4 mi in (~198 min). Leave by 3:51 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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