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Red Feather Lakes

Mount Margaret Trail – Mount Margaret loop from Red Feather Lakes

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United States
Colorado
Larimer County
Red Feather Lakes

Mount Margaret Trail – Mount Margaret loop from Red Feather Lakes

Moderate

4.8

(1772)

13,198

hikers

Mount Margaret Trail – Mount Margaret loop from Red Feather Lakes

03:41

13.9km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Roosevelt National Forest

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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511 m

West Lake

Lake

2

2.35 km

Dowdy Lake

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Dowdy Lake is one of many, many lakes in the Red Feather Lakes area. This attractive lake has a campground on its southern shore, hiking and mountain biking trails around …

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3

3.29 km

Mount Margaret Trail

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The Mount Margaret Trail is one of the many trails you can take in the Red feathers Lakes district.

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4

6.95 km

Mount Margaret

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Mount Margaret is a small rocky mountain that has nothing to do with the high mountains of Colorado. however, the path to get there is pleasant, it follows a sandy trail.

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5

11.1 km

Dowdy Lake

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Compared to the nearby Rocky Mountains the landscape around Dowdy Lake is quite gentle: Rolling hills, beautiful larger and smaller lakes, open grasslands and light-flooded woodlands.

From the parking lot …

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6

12.7 km

Dowdy Lake

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Dowdy Lake is one of many, many lakes in the Red Feather Lakes area. This attractive lake has a campground on its southern shore, hiking and mountain biking trails around …

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13.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.83 km

5.93 km

122 m

Surfaces

5.98 km

4.05 km

3.78 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (2,510 m)

Lowest point (2,400 m)

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Monday 12 October

18°C

4°C

24 %

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