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Carbonate Mountain
Colorado
Colorado
Free — you'll pick up right here.
12.7 mi
Distance
4,661 ft
Gain
Final 0.4 mi off-trail
No mapped path. Route-finding required. It climbs about 775 ft. The dashed line is a straight-line guide, not a route.
No verdict for this trail
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What we do know
Inside Pike and San Isabel 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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Why you'll love it
Big climb
Out & back
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Carbonate Mountain
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 12.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,661 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,661 ft
- Highest point
- 13,353 ft
Profile ends where the mapped trail ends. The last 0.4 mi is off-trail.
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Carbonate Mountain rises to 13,353 ft in Colorado. This route starts at Colorado Trail Trailhead and covers 12.7 miles round trip with about 4,661 ft of climbing. The mapped trail ends 0.4 miles and about 775 ft short of the summit; the final stretch is off-trail with no mapped path and needs route-finding.
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