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Colorado
Fairchild Mountain
17.8 mi
Distance
5,167 ft
Gain
Final 0.8 mi off-trail
No mapped path. Route-finding required. It climbs about 1,406 ft. The dashed line is a straight-line guide, not a route.
no mapped OSM path within 1341 m of the summit (Geofabrik extract)
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Fairchild Mountain
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 17.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,167 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,167 ft
- Highest point
- 13,505 ft
Profile ends where the mapped trail ends. The last 0.8 mi is off-trail.
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About this trail
Fairchild Mountain rises to 13,505 ft in Colorado. This route starts at Lawn Lake Trailhead and covers 17.8 miles round trip with about 5,167 ft of climbing. The mapped trail ends 0.8 miles and about 1,406 ft short of the summit; the final stretch is off-trail with no mapped path and needs route-finding.
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