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Colorado
Poudre Trail
0.4 mi
Distance
185 ft
Gain
12 min
Time
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Inside Rocky Mountain National Park
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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Poudre Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 185 ft
- Elevation loss
- 185 ft
- Highest point
- 9,733 ft
- Lowest point
- 9,680 ft
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- National Park Service
About this trail
Poudre Trail is a short out-and-back hike in Colorado covering 0.86 miles with 185 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 9,733 feet.
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