Wheeler Lakes & Wheeler Lakes Trail via Gore Range Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,368 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Wheeler Lakes & Wheeler Lakes Trail via Gore Range Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Copper Mountain, CO. The route reaches Wheeler Lakes at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,368 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Wheeler Lakes & Wheeler Lakes Trail via Gore Range Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,368 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 9,701–11,080 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Gore Range Trail · 39.50698, -106.14429
Weather Sep 4: Overcast, high 70°F / low 44° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Copper Entrance stop 381 m from the trailhead
- Start on Gore Range Trail, heading W.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Wheeler Lakes Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Wheeler Lakes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Gore Range Trail, heading S.
- 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Copper Entrance stop 381 m from the trailhead
More from Gore Range Trail Trailhead
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway & Tenmile Recpath 2.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Gore Range Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,342 ft
- West Lake–Colorado Trail (Segment 8), 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 425 ft
- Fremont Pass Recreational Pathway–Tenmile Recpath, 3 sights 8.8 mi · ▲ 2,820 ft
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