Carter Lake other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jul–Aug · highs 17–18 °C (63–64 °F)
- J-6°-17°68
- F-5°-16°68
- M-2°-13°78
- A2°-9°83
- M7°-5°78
- J14°-1°57
- J18°3°89
- A17°3°96
- S12°-1°87
- O5°-7°72
- N-2°-15°75
- D-6°-18°70
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 6.6 km · 4.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Northern Sawatch Range (Sawatch Range › Southern Rocky Mountains; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 25 km NW of Leadville North (Lake County, Colorado) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- White River National Forest
- Connects to
- Savage Lakes, Tellurium Lake (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Jul–Aug
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Colorado
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 39.3766, -106.5444
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
More trails in the Northern Sawatch Range
All 122 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreJosephine Lake
1.0 mi · 1.5 km · White River National Forest
Savage Lakes
1.2 mi · 1.9 km · White River National Forest
Sopris Lake
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · White River National Forest
Last Chance Creek
3.0 mi · 4.8 km · White River National Forest
Missouri Lakes
3.4 mi · 5.5 km · White River National Forest
Tellurium Lake
3.6 mi · 5.7 km · White River National Forest
All trails in Colorado → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →