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Bighorn Lake
Colorado
Colorado
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.1 mi
Distance
823 ft
Gain
46 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
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What we do know
Inside Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Bighorn Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 823 ft
- Elevation loss
- 823 ft
- Highest point
- 10,160 ft
- Lowest point
- 9,425 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Bighorn Lake is a 2.24-mile out-and-back trail in Colorado with 823 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 10,160 feet.
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