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Recreation Region: Canyon Lakes Ranger District

North Lone Pine Trail

The trail is relatively level at the beginning then ascends along North Lone Pine Creek. It passes a Forest Service experimental station plot, crosses the stream twice, and junctions with two old logging roads near some clear cuts before skirting east of North Bald Mountain and Middle Bald Mountain. Most of the trail is in mixed forest of lodgepole pine, spruce, fir and aspen. There are views of Red Feather Lakes and South Bald Mountain before the trail ends at Forest Road 517. Less than one half mile west on Road 517, the south end of Killpecker Trail (#956) can be accessed. 

Specific Trail Information

Trail Number

#953

Trail Type

Standard/Terra Trail — A trail that has a surface consisting predominantly of the ground and that is designed and managed to accommodate use on that surface.

General Information

Peak Elevation: 10,720'

You can find more information at Poudre Wilderness Volunteers. 

No motorized vehicles. Certified weed-free hay is required for stock.

Getting There

Trailhead/Starting Points

North Lone Pine Trailhead

Parking

North Lone Pine trailhead accommodates approximately 5 vehicles.

Directions

Travel 22 miles northwest of Fort Collins on U.S. Highway 287 to Livermore, and turn left on County Road 74E, Red Feather Lakes Road. Continue west past the community of Red Feather onto the gravel County Road 162, Deadman Road. Travel another 4.2 miles to the trailhead parking lot on the left.

Recreation Opportunities

Last updated September 2, 2026