Rio Grande National Forest · Colorado

Hunters Lake

1.1 mi of trail, end to end · about 60 ft of climbing · 150 ft of descent · 11,338 ft–11,446 ft · native material surface · trail No. 800 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

11,424 ft 11,338 ft · 1.1 mi high 11,446 ft

Trailhead Hunter Lake Trailhead # 800 11,420 ft Drive there

Hunter Lake Trailhead # 800 the Forest Service's write-up

The Hunters Lake trail is 1.1 miles long. It begins at Forest Road 430, the Weminuche Wilderness boundary and ends at Forest Trail 835, the trail travels past Hunters Lake.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.