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| Lake Elmo Steamboat Springs, CO | |
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Lake Elmo Steamboat Springs, CO
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| Hiking | 7.63 Miles |
971 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.63 Miles | 6 Hrs 2 Mns | | 1.67 mph |
| 971 ft AEG | 1 Hour 28 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | We wanted to road trip to CO to camp and back pack a bit. We decided Steamboat Springs would be our landing spot. Home of big Agnes! after a stop in at Big Agnes ( BAPS) to pick up/rent some gear( 20 bucks to rent gear. no constraints no questions asked just great gear) we headed for Dumont lake. We left the Dumont Lake campground around 7 am for the 7 mile trek up hill to our destination of Lake Elmo. Walking through wildflowers and lush vegetation for a few miles was serene. About three miles in you hit base camp trail head. My research told me that it was a high clearance area to get to the base camp trail head so we chose to hike it rather then skip the first few miles. When we reached base camp there was a few cars so I was bummed I opted not to try and get to this trailhead with my Rav 4. This would have left more time for the CDT and our original plan to do this section. However trail life is good so plans change quickly and we decided to camp at Lake Elmo in the most secluded beautiful campsite right off the CDT. We passed a handful of Thru Hikers and had some great CDT Conversation. Lake Elmo is a few miles from the top of the Steamboat Springs ski area and it is a popular backpacking loop. Now that we have seen the area I would opt for the loop from Rabbit ears pass to the Ski Area rt continue on to finish the section. Many opportunities many trails. We camped, relaxed fished and explored. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
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