6.6km
Total Distance
738m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A long 6.6 km climb of about 740 m from the end of East Dallas Road past Lower and Middle Blue Lake to Upper Blue Lake, about 1.2 km from the summit of Mount Sneffels in Ouray County, Colorado. Mount Sneffels (4,314 m) is the highest summit of the Sneffels Range and of Ouray County, in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness about 10.8 km west of Ouray. Besides the class 3 main route from Yankee Boy Basin, a secondary route climbs to its summit along a ridge from the saddle of Blue Lakes Pass.

Route Map

Difficulty

4/5 · Difficult
  • Experience with long mountain hikes