Join Mike & I on Colorado’s Four Pass Loop for 3 days of hiking, backpacking & hammock camping.
For this multi-part adventure, we’ll be faced with two challenges.
Phase 1 (seen in the prior Pt 1 video): Driving on a substantial time crunch from the east coast to Colorado, without any hotels or road food purchases. This will not only keep the budget low, but will also save us a ton of time by not having to check-in/out, be tempted to sleep in, decide where/what to eat, stand in lines etc. Sleeping will be done in the car (while the other person drives) and all meals will be comprised of cooler-stored left-overs and pre-purchased beverages. The only stops allowed: bathroom breaks and gas pumps.
Phase 2 (covered in this video, Pt 2) will be a multi-day hike of the Four Pass Loop, within the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness, located just outside of Aspen Colorado (about 3 hours west of Denver). We chose to do the loop in a counter-clockwise direction.
Trailhead Used: Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Trailhead N39° 05.979′ W106° 56.260′
Full GPS track data and waypoints for various POI’s on this trip are available for download on the Trip Data Page.
Trails Used, Day 1 (in order)
Maroon Snowmass Trail
Camp near Snowmass Lake
Maroon Bells Day 1 Elevation Profile – Sintax77
Day 1 Mileage: 9 miles
Day 1 Gross Elevation Gain: 3,202′
Trails Used, Day 2 (in order)
Geneva Lake Trail
North Fork Cutoff Trail
North Fork Trail
West Maroon Pass Trail
Camp near West Maroon Pass Trail
Maroon Bells Day 2 Elevation Profile – Sintax77
Day 2 Mileage: 15 miles
Day 2 Gross Elevation Gain: 4,488′
Trails Used, Day 3 (in order)
West Maroon Pass Trail
Maroon Snowmass Trail
Return to vehicle at Maroon Snowmass Trailhead
Maroon Bells Day 3 Elevation Profile – Sintax77
Day 3 Mileage: 4.8
Day 3 Gross Elevation Gain: 305′
Mileage Grand Total for Trip: 28.8
Gross Elevation Gain Grand Total for Trip: 7,995′
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