Fourth of July Trailhead Area
Looking north along the continental divide from North Arapaho Peak. Sept 02, 2018
Looking south towards Jasper Peak from near the Arapaho Saddle
Looking south
Looking West
Looking North from the Old Baldy-S. Arapaho Saddle
South Arapaho Peak (left) and North Arapaho Peak (center) above the Arapaho Glacier. Looking west from Old Baldy. July 02, 2018
looking north towards South Arapaho Peak. August 26, 2018
Looking east, overlooking unnamed lake and wreckage from an old airplane crash in the cirque below Jasper Peak. August 26, 2018
August 26, 2018
Fourth of July Area Trip Reports
Lone Eagle Peak Area
Looking from the south ridge of Apache Peak towards ominous rain behind Iruqois Peak. Sept 09, 2018
Looking north down to Triangle Lake below the Fair Glacier. Taken from the gulley near the south ridge of Apache Peak. Sept 09, 2018
Brainard Lake
From my second failed attampt of the Brainard Lake Traverse. Sept 2019
The view from Brainard Lake
Obviously not taken from Brainard Lake but a great view of that cirque.
The Brainard Lake Cirque from yet another vantage point (from the north in Larimer County)
Looking down Long Lake. Late September 2017
Mitchel Lake Trailhead Area
Mt. Toll. above Blue Lake
Looking down on Blue Lake below Mt. Toll.
Looking down at Lake Isabelle from the summit area of Navajo Peak (early Sept 2018).
Arikaree Peak holds its glacier like a baby (left). North Arapaho Peak in the distance on the right. Sept 09, 2018
Brainard Lake Trip Reports
Hessie Trailhead (Devils Thumb Pass...)
Looking north along the continental divide above Devil's Thumb Lake
Hessie TH Trip Reports
Hell Canyon
Upper Lake below Paradise Pass on the border between Indian Peaks Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park. August 17, 2018
Looking North to the ridge north of Middle St. Vrain Creek. This ridge forms the boundary between Rocky Mountain National Park and Indian Peaks Wilderness.
The Sawtooth
Paiute Lake. August 18, 2018
Looking west towards the continental divide near Arapaho Pass in Indian Peaks. August 18, 2018
Above Caribou Lake looking east towards the backside of the Brainard Lake mountains. August 18, 2018
Logistics and Regulations
Interactive Caltopo Map
My map can be found here: caltopo.com/m/NLUU
This map is meant to provide comprehensive coverage of the Indian Peaks Wilderness in the Front Range of Colorado, lying immediately to the south of Rocky Mountain National Park. My companion map for Rocky Mountain National Park can be found here: https://caltopo.com/m/TNT4
Standard official trails are shown as Orange lines (not a complete inventory of trails).
"Misc Mountaineering Routes" are color coded according to difficulty. I have tried to include an appropriate guidebook reference under "comments" for each route.
Class 1: Green
Class 2: Light Blue
Class 3: Blue
Class 4: Purple
Class 5: Black
This map is meant to provide comprehensive coverage of the Indian Peaks Wilderness in the Front Range of Colorado, lying immediately to the south of Rocky Mountain National Park. My companion map for Rocky Mountain National Park can be found here: https://caltopo.com/m/TNT4
Standard official trails are shown as Orange lines (not a complete inventory of trails).
"Misc Mountaineering Routes" are color coded according to difficulty. I have tried to include an appropriate guidebook reference under "comments" for each route.
Class 1: Green
Class 2: Light Blue
Class 3: Blue
Class 4: Purple
Class 5: Black
Misc IPW Links
Indian Peaks Wilderness Alliance: www.indianpeakswilderness.org/
My Google Earth Indian Peaks Wilderness files
Peaks, Lakes, glaciers, select trails, trailheads, wilderness boundary etc
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