Longs Peak and Chasm Lake

Rocky Mountain National Park, CO Front Range

Trip stats

Distance
16.5 mi
Net Gain
5,400 ft
Time
6-8 hrs
YDS Rating
Class 3
Route
Out/Back
Peaks
1

Ratings out of 10

Effort
8.4/10
Personality
6/10
Beauty
8/10
Solitude
3.9/10
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Peaks on this hike

Summits listed in route order

  1. Longs Peak
    14,255′ elevation · 2,940′ prominence

Route map + Trailhead

Trailhead Coordinates

40.271483, -105.556425

The directions link below drops a pin on the trailhead coordinates and lets Google Maps pick the route. If the drive has rough roads or access issues that GPS nav might get wrong, I cover that in my trip report.

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Trip report

Outdated information

This report is from before I put more time into writing and taking route photos, so it may not be very helpful. I'm keeping it up for the memories, and will one day hopefully return to better document. Find other reports in this region.

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Photos

44 photos

  1. The sun started rising as I hit treeline.
  3. Longs Peak in the distance.
  9. Beautiful morning.
  12. Closer to Longs Peaks.
  14. Longs Peak on the far left, the Keyhole on the far right
  15. The Keyhole, only a boulder field away!
  17. Boulder field (those boulders are human-sized) before the Keyhole on the way to Longs Peak
  18. The view after reaching the keyhole.
  19. The fun scrambling begins, on the other side of the keyhole.
  23. Looking back the way I came.
  24. Looking back.
  25. The Trough. It was a little icy and treacherous. Lots and lots of people seemed to be turning around here.
  27. Looking back from the top of the Trough.
  28. Cool textures seen from the top of the Trough.
  29. Continuing to The Narrows.
  30. Gorgeous view and fun scrambling.
  32. The home stretch.
  34. Longs Peak summit.
  36. On the way back from Longs Peak, heading to Chasm Lake.
  37. On the way to Chasm Lake.
  38. Just up and over that ridge is Chasm Lake.
  39. But of course, not without a gorgeous random waterfall. Because why not?
  42. Chasm Lake.
  44. My first Colorado 14er!

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