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West Lake–Copper Mountain Road Loop, 6 sights is a 3.6-mile loop near Wheeler Junction, CO. The route reaches West Lake. It climbs 818 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi9,777 – 10,614 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Haul Road 39.49959, -106.15488
Nearest town Wheeler Junction, CO

Directions

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West Lake–Copper Mountain Road Loop, 6 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 9,778–10,613 ft

Loop

Trailhead: Haul Road · 39.49959, -106.15488

Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Transit-accessible: Passage Point stop 378 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Haul Road, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass West Lake.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Tail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto East Fork, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Tail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Copper Mountain Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Tail, heading W.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Elk Alley, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Lower Fawn-Tastic, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Elk Alley, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Copper Mountain Road, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Fawn-Tastic, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Oso, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miSharp right onto Upper Fawn-Tastic, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Copper Mountain Road, heading SE.
  17. 350 ftSharp right onto Elk Alley, heading S.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left onto Gopher It, heading E.
  19. 1 miBear right onto Guller Creek Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto New Old Road, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 400 ftTurn left onto Red Tail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Passage Point stop 378 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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