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Rocky Mountain NP Wilderness Campsite To To 00 Fort Collins Comanche Peak 12702ft 3872m Mirror Lake L o n 1H Cascade Creek g 120 Mirror Lake 14 Dr Koenig (stock) Stormy Peaks South Signal Mountain aw 11262 ft l orra R 3433 m C Cr o 1A South Cache La Poudre ee ad Corral Creek Stormy Peaks k 12135ft Cameron Pass Trailhead 3699m Pa119ss 118 my Tr Mummy Pass Creek (WF) 10 Hague NPS/USFSCreek (group/stock) 115 Mum ail Stormy Peaks WEST Stormy Peaks EAST Aspen Meadow Group (WF) Long Draw Pass ue ag Mummy Pass 116 117H FlatironC Lake Desolation re 11440 ft e Lake Husted C k 3487 m Lost a Louise Lake Sugarloaf Halfway (WF) c h 2H Hague Creek North 9 e Fo rail rk T To l Walden a No Big n r so P th p rk Thom IR o 12 Fo Lost VO u LostLake Lake Falls R d SE 3H Cache La Poudre Dunraven 11 8 Riv 1 Boundary Creek (WF) RE r e e r W A DR R 7 i Lost Meadow (group/stock) G v ON e N 2 Kettle Tarn L r 5 Lost Falls (WF) 6 o Thunder r t Mountain Rowe Peak 4 h 12070ft Rowe Happily Lost (WF) 3679m Flatiron Mountain Glacier E 3 Silvanmere (WF) es 12335 ft 1B Mt. Dickinson Lak k G an e 3760 m Hagues Peak hig re ic C N M 13560ft B Lake A o 4133m u Snow n Agnes Thunder R d Lake a S Pass ry La Poudre Pass Trailhead 112 Desolation Peaks Mummy Mountain N La Poudre Pass 12949 ft Crystal 13425ft Dunraven / North w I B o WILDERNESS 3947m Lake OX ll 4092m Fork Trailhead CA i Cache 113 W NYON 23 est W A Mount Richthofen CH 114 Chapin Creek Group IT 111 ) Fairchild Mountain T 12940ft Box Canyon D Lawn r T R 13502 ft C a Lawn Lake (1 indiv/stock) E C r eek i h 3944m V Lake l I a 4115m E R p E N Tepee Mountain GRAN N i D L l n 110 i Skeleton Gulch T O D Ypsilon Mountain 109 Ditch Camp T (group/stock)T a L 12568ft I S r I L T 13514 ft Y 18 Tileston Meadows U W C 3831m W O r re 4119 m SK L e D e ELET L iv N k ON E M West R A O Y GUL IC Creek CH re d N M u E Medicine Falls o SC Spectacle 17 Lower Tileston Glen M P ( Bow U Lakes Golden Banner 22 er Haven Lead Mountain iv Curve Fall River Pass 108 Stage Road R Mount Chiquita 12537ft M re 13069 ft Ypsilon d r 3821m u Alpine Ridge Trail 2B Cow Creek Site of e o Lake e P 3983 m v i d Lulu City Specimen a 21 i l Cutbank R v l Chiquita i i Mountain e ad l h i a Ro 19 Sheep D c e Chapin Creek Upper ChipmunkLake r 12489ft a g a 16 T id r Bighorn Mt. (group/stock) R C Mountain R T 3807m Trailhead Mount Chapin Bridal Veil Falls Mount Cirrus g in e E 12797ft l 12454 ft r k Dutch Town 107 106 Hitchens Gulch i Alpine a a r a r 3796 m o L 3901 m e T R v Lake of i Gore Visitor Center n Dark Mountain w M R a 10859 ft the Clouds 34 rail Range L Bighorn Mountain Cow Creek Trailhead T Seasonal 11796 ft 9mi 2C Chiquita Creek 3310m e 3595 m 14km 11463ft 14 Peregrine Howard Mountain t Highest point Snack bar ek M U Old 3494m B Cre 12810ft 12mi on road Fall L A Cow 19km Lava Cliffs Riv C K 3904m Poudre 12183 ft er R U l One-w o PARK 3713 m ay ad a Lake u SHIPLER t p Milner Pass Tundra Communities onl 13 Rabbit Ears n y S ; clo The Needles e s 10758 ft ed i 10068 ft d n Trailhead n a i w t 3279m in o 2J o Iceberg Pass te 2mi 15 3069m R n r McGregor Mt. d o a Chasm 3km C Valley Viewr Alluvial C Mosquito 102 o Lake Irene l Falls A Gem Lawn Lake Trailhead L o Fan N U h Fall River Y M Lake c Mount CumulusCreek C Endovalley Fall River P l R Rock Cut O Y B HO Entrance Station N u 12725ft e C i Sundance Mountain R R I D G E g SE G T d o R SH 8240 ft / 2511 m Visitor Center 3879m r n 12466ft O a E t The Twin M i i n 2D 3800 m Sheep Lakes l C E r e Owls t e n 2mi Opposition Coloradon e Red Mountain r k t Upper Forest Canyon P 3km e a F T Rainbow Beaver AR v l h T K V 11605ft River O ls 104 a o Curve Ponds West i h Creek e R m R v c e l 3537m B p Forest d E A a Horseshoe Park D u E Trailhead S so Canyon o G Road closed from here T n I R To CONSERVATION Farview Curve L F Aspenglen a Loveland Mount Nimbuseast to Many Parks Curve ll D N il ra e y i T mid-October to June Ridg EASEMENT r 12706ft Timber Lake Trailheadv EY i R L 34 D d 19mi L 3873m iv VA Lumpy Ridge Trailhead e Deer Mtn er 31km EN R T D i Forest R HID v 34 r Beaver Ponds i ive Mount Stratus m I e R Red Gulch Group 105 Little Rock Lake 24 Lake Trailhead r D 12480ft b e Jackstraw Arrowhead G Deer Ridge MacGregor n 3804 m H r 34 C Rockslide Many Parks Curve o Mountain E T Lake Junction Avenue s I Timber s D L 11704ft e Road closed from here west B p a k y-P k a to Colorado River Trailhead ass m e 3567m L Deer Mtn Baker Mountain Creek e o T g mid-October to Memorial Day Parika 12397 ft im 100 r Doughnut C 3D 3mi 10013 ft h b T o T Lake D e r Lake A 3779m N r a 101 Snowbird G Lower Forest Canyon 5km 3052 m LAK i N E ES A C l Timber Terra Tomah Mountain Y TES R Jackstrawre 99 Azure Inkwell Upper Beaver Beaver Meadows G e Lake 12718ft O 36 Beaver k Lake Lake N U ig 3876 m te Meadows Trailhead Meadows Visitor Center B Mount Ida Entrance ESTES PARK Holzwarth Mount Julian T Open all year 36 r 12880 ft a Station Park Headquarters l BA Historic Highest 12928 ft il e K ER 3926 m 1mi n G Site Lake 3940m Moraine Park 7840 ft / 2390 m k U n LC 98 Timber Creek 2km e H u e Prospect T r 25 Ute Meadow (llama) Julian C Mountain n M t 36 Lake L 8900 ft M a h O 4D Hayden Gorge r t s 1K 2713 m i N y c Bowen Mineral Point e F G s 5mi p Mountain 11488ft Moraine Park s Onahu Creek L o M 8km r 12524ft 3502m Cub Lake Trailhead a E Hayden Visitor Center P Bowen/Baker Trailhead Arch Rock k 3817m A 26 K Stones Peak Fern Lake Lake e D The ail Seasonal A O 12922 ft Tr MORAINE PARK Trailhead R W Lake Pool Blue W Haynach 3939m d 7 S Lonesome Lake Lake Haynach (1 llama) N U Lake NYO Fern ke Rd Gianttrack To Coyote Valley Trailhead Creek CA Hollowell Park Trailhead La Marys N 27 Falls r 66 Mountain Lyons and Rainbow E rn Cub ea Lake E C e B 9091 ft Boulder Nakai Peak Lake SpruceRU Lake 29 F Old Forest Inn E Sprague SP Lake 2771 m 12216 ft C 93 GlacierRenegade Marguerite 6mi Spruce 32 Cub Creek YMCA 9km H 3723 m HOLLOWELL 97 Onahu Bridge Lake Falls Conference E PARK BO il 92 28 FernFern Lake Center W a k EN Tr Lake Cree C Tonahutu Meadows GU Upper Onahu 96 k 1L S Bowen LCH o Cree cen B Rams Horn ic IG Park & Ride l 94 Timberline Group WILDERNESS Lake o H u Nakai Peak Mountain r O 33 a h RN 30 Odessa Lake MillBierstadt Creek Basin Glacier Rams Horn Tunnel9553ft d u a ll l Odessa i o h n a Lake East Portal Trailhead2912m a n F M L Lake C O Sunrise 91 Basin 8mi n io A on Onahu Creek 95 90 t Tra T t 13km O a il S 34 Lily in N Upper Mill Creek e R Grace Mtn n i nenta Sourdough 31 t v 86 ti 87 l a e on Falls Bear Lake Bierstadt 9786 ft r C l 89 Cr ivide Granite Falls 2983 m B Sunset tu ee D Trailhead Lake 35 Wind River Blu° L V hu k Tonahutu Group (stock) (WF) U ona Lake S 36 A T Trail Trailheadk E D 4mi e Granite Helene Mtn T e Lily i L W k p ra r v o il 6km e tt r C R i L Falls Storm Onahu Trailhead O a Sprague Lake Trailhead Mountain d e l A1 I e E r 84 F i D Flattop Mtn D e Trailhead 88 c C Lower Granite Falls Pass Y G A Over The Hill ou 12324ft a M n Emerald l t E Nymph Lake Lily Lake Trailhead E ai Ptarmigan k 37 en n 85 3756m TrailheadG Big Meadows Group e T Lake o r rail M South Meadows Snowdrift Peak S G Lake o t 12274 ft r o Tyndall Dream r B G Lily N m I 2L 3741 m Glacier Lake Glacier a Green Mountain B Mount Patterson Sprague Lake Lake t Alberta Twin Sisters TrailheadPIERSON i Hallett Peak r o 11424 ft 2M Gorge P Trailhead Mt.
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