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Prospect Loop
Telluride, Colorado
Colorado
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0.4 mi
Distance
143 ft
Gain
8 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 143 ft
- Elevation loss
- 143 ft
- Highest point
- 11,166 ft
- Lowest point
- 11,095 ft
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- Forest Service
About this trail
Prospect Loop is a short out-and-back trail in Colorado covering 0.72 miles with 143 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 11,166 feet.
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Grizzly RT RV Park
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Alpen Rose RV Park
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