Spud Lake Trail #661 - Potato Lake Photoset • chumley • 2016-07-02 • HikeArizona.COM

Spud Lake Trail #661 - Potato Lake, CO

	2016-07-02
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Spud Lake Trail #661 - Potato Lake

Southwest, CO

Spud Lake Trail #661 - Potato Lake

Southwest, CO

Hiking	3.26 Miles	546 AEG

Hiking	3.26 Miles	1 Hour 39 Mns	2.64 mph
	546 ft AEG	25 Mns Break

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Is it Potato Lake or Spud Lake? Nobody knows. But it made for an easy follow-up afternoon hike. The road to the TH is a bit rough, but the hike is a perfect family outing and for a holiday weekend we saw a few of them along the way. There are 4-5 campsites around the lake and one of them was occupied. Otherwise this was just a pleasant hike through the forest with not much elevation gain. The views from Liam's Lookout down the 550 corridor along the Hermosa Cliffs to Purgatory and beyond were great. But the highlight is the lake and the looming West Needles that rise above it.

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Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Rocky Mountain Columbine Yellow Pond Lily

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Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Cag Shot Inscriptions

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