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Colorado
Mount Esther Trail
2.3 mi
Distance
1,448 ft
Gain
1h
Time
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What we do know
Inside Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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Through-trail
Out & back
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Mount Esther Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,448 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,448 ft
- Highest point
- 9,337 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,808 ft
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- Forest Service
About this trail
Mount Esther Trail is a 4.68-mile out-and-back hike in Colorado with 1,448 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 9,337 feet.
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