Coplay & East Lake Trail

Total Miles
0.8

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This 3.2-mile out-and-back trail forks off of the Summit Lake trailhead road and gives access to both Coplay and East Lake. There is a campground with pit toilets at Coplay Lake. A portion of this trail takes you into the surrounding forest with dispersed camping spots. There is a small rock outcropping along this trail that gives four different 4WD lines to climb for an optional obstacle. This trail is passable by AWD and 4WD vehicles.

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Difficulty

This is a single-vehicle trail with mud holes and washouts less than 12 inches in depth.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Loose rocks and tight packed dirt across most of the road with a few large rocks, recommend high clearance. Some sections have low hanging branches 6-10ft above ground. Single lane in most spots, no obstructions.

Made it to the lake. Once you reach Coplay Lake, if you keep going and went down the right of the fork road, you will reach East Lake. The road there has space enough for 1 car. Road is rocky, a few potholes but not as many as North Fork road.

From the Summit Lake Trail Head road you are stopped about 1/2 from the lake due to ice and snow on the road. Sections still have 24" of snow in the corners. If I were you I would wait for another few weeks until the snow clears. Also, the area has a decent number of shady characters, so eyes up.