Trip
Ascending Hikes – East Portal TH - Heart Lake
This hike along the South Boulder Creek Trail will take us to two alpine lakes: Rogers Pass Lake and Heart Lake. If we feel ambitious, we'll also make our way to Rogers Pass. This is the ninth hike of an Ascending Hikes series.
Contacts
- Fri, Jul 21, 2023
- Ascending Hikes Section
- Hiking
- Adults
- Moderate
- Moderate
- Mileage: 9.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 2,159 ft
- High Point Elevation: 11,319 ft
- Pace: 1.5-2.0 mph
- 2 (11 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Carpool Place & Time: Meet at the CoorsTek Parking Lot at 6:30am, for a 6:45am departure (CoorsTek Parking Lot - Google Maps)
We'll carpool to the Heart Lake Trailhead (Heart Lake Trailhead - Google Maps)
We'll be hiking from the East Portal parking lot along the South Boulder Creek Trail to two alpine lakes, Rogers Pass Lake and Heart Lake, both about 11,000 ft elevation. this ~9 mile out and back hike will provide about 2200 ft of elevation gain. If we feel ambitious we can check out Roger Pass, adding another ~1 mile and ~500 ft of elevation gain. We'll have views of Haystack Mountain, Heartbeat Peak, and James Peak. We'll stop for lunch/snack at or near Heart Lake. Our pace will be determined by the strength, stamina, and endurance of the group. We'll return to our cars along the same route (Heart Lake - JPW - CalTopo)
Required Equipment
10 essentials. Trekking poles recommended.