Echo lake to Upper Chicago Lake and Summit Lake

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  • čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
  • #hiking
    From Echo Lake, the Chicago lakes trail goes downhill for about 1.5 miles. After crossing creek it meets with a dirt road and for about one mile it shares the road in left side and reaches Idaho Springs Reservoir.
    At the end of the dirt road the trail starts on Right side and soon enters to Mt Evans Wilderness. Trail moderately and gradually goes up and soon views starts opening up. Lower Chicago lake is best place for camping and backpackers heaven. After lower Chicago Lake hike becomes a little bit stiffer and interesting.
    Soon it reaches in alpine tundra and Upper Chicago Lake. The water from Upper Chicago lake flows down and makes a beautiful waterfall. This area offers epic scenic.
    After Upper Chicago lake if you wanna more challenging hike ( 2.4 mile out and back) then extend the hike up to Summit Lake (very beautiful alpine lake). This section is kind of hard but still doable.
    Total my hiking miles were ~13 ( different than All Trail mentioned)
    This trail offers variety of Wild Flowers including Columbine fields, 4 Lakes and 1 Creek and epic scenery.

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