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Summerville Trail Out and Back

4.0 (1 Rating)
An easy hike through the forest, with options to extend or gain summits.
21
mi
Distance
5,625
ft
Gain
strenuous
Difficulty

Route Details

Flatter
Steeper
21.02mi
Distance
5,625ft
Elevation Gain
5,625ft
Elevation Loss
40%
Max Grade
11,869ft
High Point
8,818ft
Low Point
Path Type
There and Back
Description
Begin at the Summerville Trailhead in upper Taylor Canyon. Hike south through the mostly lodgepole forest. After about two miles, it begins to get a little steeper and leaves Summerville Creek. The trail then climbs, seemingly endlessly for 8 miles to timberline where you can gain the unnamed pass, connect with the Fossil Ridge Trail, or scramble up one of the broad summits along the Fossil Ridge.

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