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Mount Yale
Colorado
Colorado
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10.0 mi
Distance
4,850 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Pike and San Isabel National Forests
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Big climb
Out & back
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Mount Yale
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 10.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,850 ft
- Highest point
- 14,200 ft
- Lowest point
- 9,385 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Programmatic route to the summit of Mount Yale (14,200 ft) from Denny Creek. Round-trip distance 10.15 mi with 4,850 ft of ascent. Generated via OpenStreetMap trails + OpenRouteService foot-hiking routing.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 14,200 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 10 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Salida Ranger District · Ranger district
- Pike and San Isabel National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Salida Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Collegiate PeaksCamping1.9 mi
- WestRock climbing1.9 mi
- Cottonwood Lake CampgroundCamping2.2 mi
- Mt. YaleMountain biking3.1 mi
- Browns PassHiking3.5 mi
- Holy Water WallRock climbing3.7 mi
- Cottonwood CreekCanoeing5.7 mi
- Chalk CreekCanoeing7.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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