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Echo Lake to Idaho Springs Reservoir route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Colorado

Echo Lake to Idaho Springs Reservoir

Georgetown, Colorado

6.6 mi

Distance

2,395 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 39m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Echo Lake to Idaho Springs Reservoir unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:3,155 ft
Max:3,265 ft
Gain:730 ft
Loss:730 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 3,155 ft and 3,265 ft across 6.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.3,155 ft3,192 ft3,228 ft3,265 ft0.0 mi1.7 mi3.3 mi5.0 mi6.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi3,241 ft
High point4.7 mi3,265 ft
End6.6 mi3,241 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Georgetown, CO · about 6 mi away
County:
Clear Creek County, CO

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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