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Author: @andrewmatranga
Source: AllSport GPS on my Sprint phone
Activity: Hiking
State: Colorado (CO)
Distance: 2.86 mi 
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Rating:   2 rating(s)
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Winter hike to Mills Lake and Glacier Gorge

DIRECTIONS + WAYPOINTS: helping you find your way

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Distance: 2.86 mi Points: 523
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Mills Lake Track

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MLT001

Location: 40.310730, -105.639999
From Glacier Gorge TH, go S on Mills Lake Trail

MLT002

Location: 40.307911, -105.643097
Go straight at 4-way staying on Mills Lake Trail

MLT003

Location: 40.306679, -105.641998
Cross creek on bridge

MLT004

Location: 40.303772, -105.638107
Tumbling white waves crash from a 20-ft ledge at Alberta Falls; spur trails lead to the top of the falls for partial views down to the Bierstadt Moraine

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Location: 40.301258, -105.638779

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Location: 40.299515, -105.639488
Stay R @ Y on Mills Lake Trail, wrapping around large outcrops of Glacier Knobs

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Location: 40.297421, -105.646103
L @ Y on Mills Lake Trail; Glacier Knobs rise sharply to N

MLT008

Location: 40.293903, -105.645912
Pass the torrents of Glacier Falls and start slight climb into Glacier Gorge; Glacier Creek rustles between the lodgepoles

MLT009

Location: 40.290539, -105.641502
Mills Lake and tarn to N Jewel Lake framed by Half Mtn. to the E and Thatchtop to the W and rugged folds of the Continental Divide to the S; on clear days, Keyboard of the Winds on Longs Peak's visible to SE; retrace route to car



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