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Parika Lake
Colorado
Colorado
Free — you'll pick up right here.
2.3 mi
Distance
772 ft
Gain
No verdict for this trail
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What we do know
Inside Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests
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
Never Summer Wilderness wilderness
Out & back
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Parika Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 772 ft
- Highest point
- 12,024 ft
- Lowest point
- 11,259 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Never Summer Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Parika Lake is a 2.28-mile out-and-back trail in Colorado's Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. The route gains 772 feet of elevation and reaches a maximum elevation of 12,024 feet.
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