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Mount Spaulding and Mount Evans via Summit Lake - Standard Route route map
DifficultOut and Back
Arapaho National Forest/Colorado

Mount Spaulding and Mount Evans via Summit Lake - Standard Route

Idaho Springs, Colorado

5.3 mi

Distance

2,238 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 48m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

Imported description
The standard route for Mount Evans is Summit Lake. The unofficial "3,000-foot Rule" does not apply to this case. You must start from the lake to meet that rule. It will add 12 miles to your trip if you start from Echo Lake.

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

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Elevation Profile

Min:3,922 ft
Max:4,333 ft
682 ft
682 ft
3,922 ft4,059 ft4,196 ft4,333 ft0.0 mi1.3 mi2.7 mi4.0 mi5.3 mi

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back
Surface
Dirt

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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.

Hunt context

This trail crosses hunting units

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