ONE-HALF-DAY TRIPS FROM ESTES PARK VILLAGE
[Elevation 7,547 feet. No guide needed except for no. 5]
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| |Miles| | |
| |from |Days |Remarks |
Trips |Elevation|Estes|round|(one-way | Description
| |Park |trip |distances) |
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| _Feet_ | | | |
1. Gem Lake | 8,700 | 4 | 1/2| 2 miles by auto, | Good trip with
| | | | by horse or on | distant view of Longs
| | | | foot. | Peak from top.
| | | | |
2. Prospect | 8,896 | 2 | 1/2| 2 miles on foot | Excellent panorama of
Mountain. | | | | | range and Estes Park
| | | | | Valley.
| | | | |
3. Old Man | 8,300 |1-1/2| 1/4| 3/4 mile by auto;| Good snappy climb,
Mountain. | | | -1/2| 3/4 on foot. | with view of village
| | | | | and park.
| | | | |
4. Deer | 10,028 | 4 |1/2-1| 4 miles by horse | Auto can be taken to
Mountain. | | | | or on foot. | top of Deer Ridge
| | | | | and mountain climbed
| | | | | from there.
| | | | |
5. Wonder | 8,600 |5-1/2|1/2-1| 2 miles by auto; | Interesting examples
Basin. | | | | 3-1/2 on foot. | of erosion.
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