Pomeroy Lake - FS 297

Total Miles
2.7

Technical Rating

Moderate

Best Time

Summer

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This is a spur off the popular Hancock Pass, before the town of Hancock. This trail will take you past the Mary Murphy tram towers to some mining structures at the trams lower and midpoint terminus. From there you can continue up to Pomeroy Lake, or take a short spur to the Mary Murphy to see the many mines served by the tram. The difficult section is on the way to the lake. Dispersed camping is available above the tree line at the lake.

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Difficulty

This is another trail that would mostly be a 4, with the exception of one section where one must navigate some ledges and large boulders 18-24".

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Quite easy up until the mine buildings. After that more rough and slow going. No major obstacles just picking your line. Opted for the ‘alternative’ option around the one tricky part.

Just a few short but tricky sections. My dad followed me in a stock gmc at4x. Pretty cool trail and great views. Definitely need a good suspension to make it comfortable

Snow free. Upper lake still frozen.

Deep snow little just past mine.