| Type: |
Day Hike - Out and Back |
| Distance (Total): |
8.4 miles / 13.5 km |
| Elevation Gain: |
1,500 feet / 457 meters |
| Minimum Elevation: |
10,500 feet / 3,200 meters |
| Maximum Elevation: |
12,000 feet / 3,658 meters |
| Hiking Season: |
- Summer
- Fall
|
| Things To See: |
- Glacier
- Lake Views
- Mountain Views
- Woods
|
| Difficulty: |
Strenuous |
| Rating: |
Trail has not been rated. |
| Nearby Town: |
Ward, Colorado, United States |
Follow the Pawnee Pass Trail #907 as it climbs gradually for two miles, through wooded terrain, into the Indian Peaks Wilderness, past Long Lake to Lake Isabelle, which sits just below the tree line.
At Lake Isabelle, follow Isabelle Glacier Trail #908 as it forks left from the Pawnee Pass Trail and continues along the north side of Lake Isabelle to the source of the South Saint Vrain Creek - Isabelle Glacier. The Isabelle Glacier Trail is a difficult trail, climbing over talus and passing through swampy areas on its way to the upper lake.
Beyond the lake, there is a narrow, but constructed switchback trail up a somewhat unstable steep, rocky slope, which may be hidden under the skirts of the glacier early in the summer. The Isabelle Glacier Trail ends beside Isabelle Glacier in a very steep-walled cirque basin framed by Shoshone, Apache and Navajo Peaks.
