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Kiowa Peak
Colorado
Colorado
Free — you'll pick up right here.
11.8 mi
Distance
3,245 ft
Gain
Final 0.9 mi off-trail
No mapped path. Route-finding required. It climbs about 896 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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Why you'll love it
Big climb
Out & back
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Kiowa Peak
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 11.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,245 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,245 ft
- Highest point
- 13,156 ft
Profile ends where the mapped trail ends. The last 0.9 mi is off-trail.
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About this trail
Kiowa Peak rises to 13,156 ft in Colorado. This route starts at Long Lake Trailhead and covers 11.8 miles round trip with about 3,245 ft of climbing. The mapped trail ends 0.9 miles and about 896 ft short of the summit; the final stretch is off-trail with no mapped path and needs route-finding.
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