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National Park Service Rocky Mountain National Park U.S. Department of the Interior To To 14 Fort Collins COMANCHE PEAK WILDERNESS RAWAH Comanche Peak WILDERNESS 12702 ft 3872 m Mirror Lake L o n ROOSEVELT g 14 NATIONAL FOREST Dr Signal Mountain aw 11262 ft l orra R 3433 m C Cr o ee ad Stormy Peaks k Corral Creek 12135ft Cameron Pass Trailhead 3699m Pass my Tr NPS/USFS Mum ail Stormy Peaks Long Draw e Pass gu Mummy Pass NEOTA Ha C Lake re 11440 ft e Lake Husted C k 3487 m Lost ROOSEVELT a Louise Lake COLORADO c h North e il To WILDERNESS Fork Tra l Walden a Nor Big son P th p rk Thom IR o Fo Lost VO u Lake Falls R d SE Dunraven Riv RE r e e r AW DR R i STATE FOREST G v ON e N L r o Thunder r t Mountain Rowe Peak h 12070 ft Rowe 3679 m Flatiron Mountain Glacier E es 12335 ft Lak k G an e 3760 m Hagues Peak hig re ic C N M 13560 ft B KB Lake JB 07 A o 4133 m u Snow n Dunraven / North Agnes Thunder R WILDERNESS d Lake a NATIONAL Fork Trailhead S Pass La Poudre Pass ry Desolation Peaks Mummy Mountain N 12949 ft Crystal w 13425ft I 3947m Lake BO lo 4092m X C l ANYO i West N W A H Mount Richthofen ITC ) Fairchild Mountain T 12940 ft D Lawn r T R C 13502 ft Cr a E h eek i 3944 m V Lake l E I a 4115 m R p N GRA E N Tepee Mountain ND L l in T O i D Ypsilon Mountain T T a 12568 ft I S r IL L T 13514 ft Y U 3831 m W W C O r re 4119 m SK L e D e ELETO L iv N k M N E R A West O Y GUL IC Creek CH re d N M u E Medicine Falls o SC Spectacle Glen M P ( Bow U Lakes er Haven Lead Mountain iv Curve Fall River Pass 12537 ft R Mount Chiquita M ROUTT re 13069 ft Ypsilon FOREST 3821 m ud Alpine Ridge Trail r Site of o Lake e e P 3983 m v d Lulu City Specimen a i i l R v l Chiquita i i Mountain e ad l h Chapin Creek i a Ro Sheep D c e Lake r 12489 ft a g a T id Trailhead r NATIONAL FOREST R C Mountain 3807 m R T Mount Cirrus Mount Chapin g Bridal Veil Falls in e E l 12454 ft 12797 ft i Alpine ar ak r ra 3796 m o L 3901 m e T R v Lake of i Gore Visitor Center n Dark Mountain w Cow Creek Trailhead M the Clouds R 34 ail Range La Bighorn Mountain 10859 ft Tr Seasonal 11796 ft 9mi 3310 m e 3595 m 14km 11463 ft Howard Mountain t Highest point Snack bar ek M U Old 3494 m B Cre 12810 ft 12mi on road Fall L A Cow 19km Lava Cliffs Riv C K 3904 m 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 n y S ; clo The Needles e s 10758 ft Trailhead ed i 10068 ft d n n a i w t 3279m in o o te 3069 m R n Iceberg Pass r 2mi o d a Chasm 3km C r Alluvial C o Lake Irene l Falls A Gem Lawn Lake Trailhead L o Fan N h Fall River Y U M Lake c Mount Cumulus C Endovalley Fall River P l R Rock Cut O Y B HO Entrance Station N u 12725 ft 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 3879 m r n 12466 ft O a t E The Twin M i i n 3800 m Sheep Lakes l C E r e Owls t Colorado e 2mi n e n Red Mountain r k t P 3km River e a F T Rainbow Beaver AR v l h T K V 11605ft O s Trailhead a o Curve Ponds West il h e R m R v c 3537m Road closed from here B p Forest d e l E A a Horseshoe Park D u E S so o east to Many Parks Curve T n Canyon I R CONSERVATION G To Farview Curve L F Mount Nimbus mid-October to Memorial Day Aspenglen all Loveland D N il ra e y i T Ridg EASEMENT r 12706 ft Timber Lake Trailhead v EY i R L 34 D d 19mi L 3873 m iv VA Deer Mtn Lumpy Ridge e e 31km EN R Trailhead T r D i Forest R HID Trailhead v 34 r Beaver Ponds i ive Mount Stratus m e R Lake I r 12480 ft b D NEVER H e Jackstraw Arrowhead G Deer Ridge MacGregor n 3804 m r 34 C Many Parks Curve o T Mountain Lake E Junction I Timber s Avenue s D L 11704 ft e Road closed from here west B p a k y-P k 3567 m a to Colorado River Trailhead ass m Baker Mountain Creek e e L Deer Mtn o T g mid-October to Memorial Day Parika 12397 ft im r Doughnut C 3mi 10013 ft h D b T o A T Lake er r Lake 5km 3052 m L 3779 m N a G N AKE E A C il Timber Terra Tomah Mountain Y STES R re Azure Inkwell Upper Beaver Beaver Meadows G e Lake 12718 ft O 36 Beaver k Lake Lake N U Meadows Trailhead ig 3876 m te Meadows Visitor Center B Mount Ida Entrance ESTES PARK Holzwarth Mount Julian T Open all year 36 12880 ft ra B Historic i Station Park Headquarters AK Highest 12928 ft l el ER 3926 m 1mi n G Site Lake 3940 m Moraine Park 7840 ft / 2390 m k U n S U M M E R L 2km e CH u e Prospect T r Julian Mountain C 36 Lake M tn L 8900 ft a M h O s r 2713 m t i N y c Bowen Mineral Point e F G s Mountain 11488 ft 5mi Moraine Park sp M 8km L 12524 ft 3502 m ROCKY MOUNTAIN Cub Lake a Hayden Pro Bowen/Baker Trailhead E Fern Lake Visitor Center k 3817 m A Trailhead K Lake Stones Peak e D The ail Trailhead Seasonal Blue A O 12922 ft Tr MORAINE PARK R W Lake Pool W 3939 m Lake Haynach Lonesome d 7 S Lake N U Lake NYO Fern ke Rd Gianttrack To Coyote Valley Trailhead Creek CA Hollowell Park Trailhead La Marys WILDERNESS N Falls r 66 Mountain Lyons and Rainbow E rn Cub ea Lake E C B 9091 ft Boulder Nakai Peak RU Fe E Sprague Lake SP Lake 2771 m 12216 ft C Glacier Marguerite 6mi Spruce HOLLOWELL YMCA 9km H 3723 m Falls Lake PARK Conference B E Fern Center OW ail k EN Tr Lake Cree GU C k S Bowen LC o ree c B H C enic IG Park & Ride Rams Horn l Lake o H u Mountain r O a h R Rams Horn Tunnel N Bierstadt Glacier 9553 ft d u a l Odessa ill o h n a Lake 2912 m a n FL Lake M C O WILDERNESS 8mi n io A Basin on t Tra T t 13km O a il S East Portal Lily in N e R Grace n i nenta Mtn t v ti l Bear Lake a e on Falls Bierstadt 9786 ft l r C Trailhead Lake Cr ivide 2983 m B tu ee D Trailhead L V hu k U ARAPAHO ona Lake A S T Trail k E D 4mi e Onahu Trailhead Granite Helene Mtn T e Lily i L W k p ra r Storm v o il 6km Sprague Lake e tt r C R i L Falls O a Pass Mountain d e l I F e E r i Trailhead D Flattop Mtn D e Trailhead c Trailhead Y C G ou A 12324 ft a M n Emerald l Lily Lake Trailhead t E Nymph Lake E ai Ptarmigan k en n 3756 m G e T Lake o Gr rail M Snowdrift Peak Lake S o t 12274 ft r o Tyndall Dream r B G Lily N m Green Mountain I 3741 m Glacier Lake Glacier a NATIONAL FOREST B Mount Patterson Gorge Lake Twin Sisters Trailhead t Trailhead Alberta PIERSON i Hallett Peak r o 11424 ft Trailhead P e a n Falls PARK 3482 m 12713 ft Lake N d s l a o s r u l S 3875 m Haiyaha t Estes Cone c h en o ic B 1100 6ft Green Mtn 3355 m 10313 ft L T Trai o ra l 3143 m NATIONAL PARK n il g 34 u s t Otis Twin Sisters Peaks u Peak The Storm 11428 ft h Bench k G a a In Loch Mills Pe Pass 3mi 3483 m l L 491 n et Lake A 5km o Lake T Site of T T Andrews r C r a Timberline a Harbison h i Glacier I i Eugenia Mine t l E l r Falls Meadows o R Longs N G 492 No Lake Of Peak r Thatchtop O Tents only th Glass T 12668 ft R A 8720 ft / 2658 m Taylor Peak G H Sky 3861 m D Open all year 13153 ft E L O Grand Pond E Granite Pass I k S 4009 m a Lake F e T A Kawuneeche r Pettingell P a Entrance I Taylor R i 491 Cascade Lake n l V Visitor Center l E Station e Glacier Ribbon Storm Peak s Longs Peak A t McHenrys D Falls g L 13326 ft L Trailhead Peak Falls n Mount L 4062 m U o E r 13327ft L Lady Y e Powell Peak Black O iv Tonahutu Spur 4062m B Washington R 13208 ft Lake st ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FOREST Trail Lake a S Summerland 4026 m E u 7 o Tonahutu/ Nokoni Chasm p d 49 Park Peacock Pool p ra North Inlet Frozen Lake l o y l Trailheads Columbine Falls o Lake Lake C Ptarmigan Mountain Nanita Longs Peak Mills Glacier 12324 ft 14259 ft C GRAND 3756 m BIG re 4346 m e Divide k l ELK LAKE Alva B.
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