Blue Lakes Pass

Hike Name: Blue Lakes Pass Location: southwest CO Length: 3.5 Submitted by: Matt Anderson Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more Colorado trail reviews Colorado national parks Colorado state parks
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Description
This hike starts in beautiful Yankee Boy Basin. You will see many beautiful wildflowers and a few small waterfalls. It is a fairly easy hike with moderate elevation gain. As you get closer to the pass you will come across a small lake. You will the have some switchbacks that lead up to the pass. The view is magnificent at the top with good views of the Blue Lakes to the west. You can continue to hike down to the lakes but I have not done this. Hope you like it.

Directions to Hike
Take County Rd 361 off of Hwy 550 just south of Ouray. You can go as far as Camp Bird before it becomes a four-wheel drive road. You will go past the old town site of Sneffels and then into Yankee Boy Basin. At the start of the hike you will be on a jeep trail and you will see signs directing you to the Blue Lakes Pass and eventually to a sign that has a trail to Mt Sneffels. Stay to the left for the Blue Lakes trail.

Contact Information
Ouray Ranger District
Uncompahgre Natl Forest
2502 S. Townsend Ave.
Montrose,CO. 81401
970-240-5300

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