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Colorado
Three Needles
3.0 mi
Distance
1,451 ft
Gain
Final 0.5 mi off-trail
No mapped path. Route-finding required. It climbs about 732 ft. The dashed line is a straight-line guide, not a route.
no mapped OSM path within 746 m of the summit (Geofabrik extract)
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,451 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,451 ft
- Highest point
- 13,465 ft
Profile ends where the mapped trail ends. The last 0.5 mi is off-trail.
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About this trail
Three Needles rises to 13,465 ft in Colorado. This route starts at Porphry Basin Trailhead and covers 3.0 miles round trip with about 1,451 ft of climbing. The mapped trail ends 0.5 miles and about 732 ft short of the summit; the final stretch is off-trail with no mapped path and needs route-finding.
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