Twin Lake Reservoir–Stormy Peaks B17 Crash Trail, 6 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,467 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Twin Lake Reservoir–Stormy Peaks B17 Crash Trail, 6 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Comanche Peak Wilderness near Box Prairie, CO. The route reaches Twin Lake Reservoir. It climbs 1,467 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Twin Lake Reservoir–Stormy Peaks B17 Crash Trail, 6 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,467 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 8,870–9,973 ft
Out & Back · Comanche Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: Stormy Peaks Trail · 40.57052, -105.58849
Weather Sep 4: Light drizzle, high 78°F / low 50° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stormy Peaks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Twin Lake Reservoir Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Twin Lake Reservoir.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Twin Lake Canal Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Twin Lakes Road, heading SW.
- 200 ftReach Twin Lake Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Twin Lake Canal Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Stormy Peaks B17 Crash Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Twin Lakes Spur Road, heading SE.
- 2.1 miSharp left onto Twin Lakes Road, heading NW.
- 1 miBear right onto Twin Lake Reservoir Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Stormy Peaks Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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