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North Fork Lake

Name: North Fork Lake
Rating: 2

Recommended by 1 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Mount Massive Wilderness

Routes leading to this Highlight may be dangerous

Routes may comprise technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

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Location: Lake County, Colorado, United States

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1. North Fork Lake Creek Trail — Mount Massive Wilderness

11.8km

05:34

460m

Wilderness trail through willows to a brilliant blue alpine lake beneath towering Continental Divide peaks.

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Matthew

July 7, 2023

North Fork Lake is a small, isolated alpine lake at the base of Deer Mountain in the Sawatch Range. The trail up to the lake can be muddy and wet, but that fits the bill for a wilderness trail. Some mountaineers will summit the peaks rising above the basin, but all of those mountains require off-trail travel in order to summit.

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Elevation 3,770 m

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Friday 2 January

-5°C

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36 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Location: Lake County, Colorado, United States

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1. North Fork Lake Creek Trail — Mount Massive Wilderness

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