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Engineer Pass OHV Trail via Lake City
Lake City, Colorado
27.07 mi
/ 4514 ft gain
Engineer Pass OHV Trail via Lake City is a point-to-point trail that takes you by a river located near Lake City, Colorado.
Capture Fall Foliage and Whitmore Falls on Engineer Pass
Lake City, Colorado
5.0
Just outside of the small community of Lake City, Colorado is Engineer Pass, a dirt road that has amazing views and opportunities to hike, take pictures, and maybe even explore an abandoned mining town. Four wheel drive or all wheel drive is preferable, but the road can definitely be driven by a passenger vehicle if conditions are good. This road is a fairly unknown local gem and you can count ...
Alpine Gulch Trail
Lake City, Colorado
9.31 mi
/ 2943 ft gain
Alpine Gulch Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Lake City, Colorado.
Sawmill Park OHV Road
Lake City, Colorado
16.71 mi
/ 3366 ft gain
Sawmill Park OHV Road is an out-and-back trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Lake City, Colorado.
Explore Nellie Creek Falls
Lake City, Colorado
5.0
0.8 mi
/ 300 ft gain
Nellie Creek Falls is a beautiful little falls, up County Road 23. The waterfall is surrounded by a forest of aspens leading up the valley. To get to the falls take the northern route of the Alpine Loop from Lake City towards Engineer Pass. In about 5 miles you come to Nellie Creek Road on the right. The waterfall is just under a mile up the road, which you'll need a high-clearance 4WD vehicle ...
Nellie Creek Trail
Lake City, Colorado
8.04 mi
/ 2070 ft gain
Nellie Creek Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Lake City, Colorado.
Nellie Creek Falls Trail
Lake City, Colorado
1.98 mi
/ 502 ft gain
Nellie Creek Falls Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a waterfall located near Lake City, Colorado.
Cinnamon Pass, California Gulch and Corkscrew Gulch
Lake City, Colorado
32.13 mi
/ 6745 ft gain
Cinnamon Pass, California Gulch and Corkscrew Gulch is a point-to-point trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Lake City, Colorado.
Uncompahgre Peak (14,309')
Lake City, Colorado
5.0
7.3 mi
/ 2881 ft gain
At 14,309 feet, the summit of Uncompahgre Peak is the highest point in the entire San Juan range, but getting to it requires only good hiking skills, good physical shape, and a four-wheel-drive, high-clearance vehicle to get to the trailhead.
From Lake City, head west along the Alpine Loop about 5 miles to a turnoff (right) for Nellie Creek. The next four miles to the trailhead are extremely ...
Places to stay
County Road 868
Alpine Ranger Station
Overview
The Alpine Ranger Station is situated on the Alpine Plateau at 9,600 feet, in a beautiful alpine valley surrounded by aspen, spr...
Powderhorn, Colorado
The Gate Campground
This campground is tucked into the center of the geologic formation known as The Gate, a notch in the rocks carved by the Lake Fork of th...
Gunnison, Colorado
Jackson Guard Station
Overview
Jackson Guard Station is a great destination for anything from a weekend getaway to a week-long hunting trip. The cabin was orig...
Powderhorn, Colorado
Red Bridge Campground
Red Bridge Campground is a short distance off of the Silver Thread National Scenic Byway. You'll find public fishing access to the Lake F...
Creede, Colorado
River Hill
Overview
River Hill is a popular campground on the banks of the Rio Grande River. Situated in a meadow surrounded by willows, campers com...
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