Geneva Mountain

Trip

Ascending Hikes – Geneva Mountain

The 6.8 mile round trip hike from Guanella Pass to Geneva Mountain offers incredible panoramic views and diverse alpine wildlife. It's a moderately challenging trek that showcases Colorado's natural beauty.

  • Moderate
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 6.8 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,600 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 12,335 ft
  • Pace: 1.5 MPH - 2.5 MPH

Please meet in Golden @ 6:00 AM in the CMC parking lot to arrange car pools to the trailhead (NOTE: There is limited parking at the trailhead) ... We will leave prompty @ 6:10 AM to drive to the trailhead (Directions from the CMC).

NOTE: The Denver Group allows carpool drivers to charge each passenger a mileage rate to defray expenses. It is suggested that carpool trips follow these Denver Group guidelines in reimbursing drivers for car expenses.  This is a guideline, not a policy, meaning that this is a recommended, but not required, method of sharing costs.

ASCENDING HIKES 

AHS helps members improve their personal hiking speed, strength, and stamina. No cost or big commitment. You can jump in or out anytime since all AHS hikes are posted as regular trips on the calendar.  Information about the Ascending Hikes Section can be found on the Section webpage here.  If you still have questions, write CMCAscendingHikes@gmail.com

If this is your first Ascending Hike, please review the below items:

Alert!  This is a popular program.  If there is a standby list, join it.  Standby lists almost always clear.  Your Trip Leader and AHS Coordinators put a lot of effort into planning section activities.  Last minute cancellations and no-shows are very discouraging and insufficient numbers may jeopardize the program.  We realize that “things happen,” however PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR AN AHS TRIP UNLESS YOU FULLY INTEND TO PARTICIPATE ON TRIP DAY.  

ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

The hike to Geneva Mountain will start at the Guanella Pass Trailhead and follow the Rosalie Trails 1.4 miles (+192 / -77 ft.) to the intersection with an "off trail" that we will follow 2.5 miles (+770 / -224 ft.) to the summit of Geneva Mountain.

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Required Equipment

Pack your 10 essentials, a light lunch, and dress in layers appropriate to the weather.  I will write about a week before with a weather report and hiking plan.

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