The Ten Essentials
Overview
| Wilderness One Way Length Beginning Elevation Peak Elevation Gain/Loss/Net Gain Ratings USFS Regulations Trails Illustrated Quadrangle |
None 1.0 mile (1.2 miles from trailhead to Wilderness boundary) 10,026 10,479 453/0/+453 Hikers – Easy; Stock Riders – Moderate National Forest #112 Poudre River, Cameron Pass Clark Peak, Chambers |
Location
Poudre Canyon, 57.4 miles from Ted’s Place (at mm 66.3). The Zimmerman Lake Trail heads east from the upper end of the parking lot. Facilities are available at parking lot. Note that the Montgomery Pass trailhead is located across the highway at the lower end of this parking lot.
| GPS Coordinates Trailhead Zimmerman Lake |
N40°32.344’ W105°52.955’ Map N40°32.502’ W105°52.220’ |
Description
This trail follows the route of an old road that was built to Zimmerman Lake in 1957 for logging purposes. It is in multi-use National Forest. From Zimmerman Lake you can enter the Neota Wilderness. If you choose to enter the Wilderness, it will be cross-country, because there are no designated trails within this Wilderness. The hike to Zimmerman Lake is a popular trail year around and has sustained some resource damage, especially from inexperienced snow campers building bonfires and stripping dead and live branches from standing trees. The DOW has successfully reintroduced native greenback cutthroat into Zimmerman Lake.
