"Access this trail in both summer and winter. This trail follows an old logging road to Zimmerman Lake, which sits just outside the boundary of the Neota Wilderness. A primitive trail circles the lake, but there are no constructed trails into the Neota Wilderness." Parking : there is a lot for several cars. There is a bathroom in the lot. There are no trash cans, so plan on packing out what you bring in. "Zimmerman Lake Trail is a 2.7 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Rand, Colorado that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash." Elevation : 518 feet Well, I will start this review by stating that i would like to come back in the summer and hike this. I think the experience would be much different and really enjoyable. My friend and i went to zimmerman lake today as we were told it was a great place to x country ski. Believing what we were told, we trucked our way up here. I would not call this trail easy, nor really a great place to x country ski. It was with the snow fairly steep and also very slick. We were using our skis but using a lot of arms and upper body strength to pull ourselves up. The whole time i was wondering about coming down that. It was windy with a lot of switchbacks and not really any flattening out areas where we would be able to stop on our way down. The trail was narrower and lots of trees. The lake didn't really have a clear trail/path around it. Guessing not so many folks make it up here. We did ski a little bit on the lake so that provided some flatter terrain. We did a little bit down with the x country skis but eventually we just had to take thm off and walk down. X country skis were not really made for turning. It was different than what we thought, but will probably be back but in the summer or if we opt to head back up that way in the winter it would be with snow shoes verses x country skis. read more

Zimmerman Lake Trail - Parks Near Me - Bellvue, Colorado

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