Apache Peak

Colorado

Colorado

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9.5 mi

Distance

4,175 ft

Gain

Final 0.3 mi off-trail

No mapped path. Route-finding required. It climbs about 1,166 ft. The dashed line is a straight-line guide, not a route.

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What we do know

  • Inside Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests

    2 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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Big climb
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
9.5 mi
Elevation gain
4,175 ft
Elevation loss
4,175 ft
Highest point
13,442 ft

Profile ends where the mapped trail ends. The last 0.3 mi is off-trail.

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Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Apache Peak rises to 13,442 ft in Colorado. This route starts at Long Lake Trailhead and covers 9.5 miles round trip with about 4,175 ft of climbing. The mapped trail ends 0.3 miles and about 1,166 ft short of the summit; the final stretch is off-trail with no mapped path and needs route-finding.

Facts about this trail

The climb

High point
13,442 ft
Total climbing
4,175 ft
Total descent
4,175 ft
Length (round trip)
9.5 mi
Shape
Out and back

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1 (summit)

Conditions

Active alerts for Boulder Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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