Standley Lake & Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate) via South Standley Lake Trails is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Wallace Village, CO. The route reaches Standley Lake. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,364 – 5,538 ft4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate) 39.87533, -105.09660
Nearest town Wallace Village, CO
Directions
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Standley Lake & Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate) via South Standley Lake Trails
4.2 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 5,364–5,539 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate) · 39.87533, -105.09660
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 93°F / low 64° · precip 5% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 274 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate), heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Standley Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Standley Lake.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto South Standley Lake Trails, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Standley Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Standley Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Dry Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate), heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
40% gravel35% dirt7% paved18% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 93°F64°
Precip5%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity31%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
90°63°
16%
Mon
89°75°
30%
Tue
88°68°
25%
Wed
90°68°
28%
Thu
89°71°
23%
Fri
92°69°
16%
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 274 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate) Trailhead
- Niver Canal Trail & Sunstream Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Wadsworth Parkway Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Big Dry Creek Trail (alternate)–Big Dry Creek Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Dover Square Park Trail–Niver Canal Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Standley Lake–Croke Canal Trail, 4 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 190 ft
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