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
- Start on Haul Road, heading S.
- 50 ftPass West Lake.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Tail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto East Fork, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Tail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Copper Mountain Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Tail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Elk Alley, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Lower Fawn-Tastic, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Elk Alley, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Copper Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Fawn-Tastic, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Oso, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Upper Fawn-Tastic, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Copper Mountain Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Elk Alley, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Gopher It, heading E.
- 1 miBear right onto Guller Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto New Old Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Red Tail, heading E.
- 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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