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    Chihuahua Lake Trail

 

The Chihuahua Lake Trail is a reasonably strenuous hike 3 miles each way and 1,700 feet elevation gain.  This glacial tarn is scooped out of the side of Grizzly Peak.  The approach along Chihuahua Gulch is right under Grays Peak and Torreys Peak, the two highest points on the Continental Divide.  The beaver ponds and vista to the south make the trip worhwhile even if the journey all the way to the lake proves a journey too far. The trail is easy to follow until the rough scramble up a talus slide right before the lake.

Chihuahua Gulch
 
 

The Chihuahua Gulch jeep track (normally barricaded) leaves the Peru Creek Road above the Maid of Orleans Mine and the Lenawee Trail.  A dry Peru Creek Road should be passable to the trailhead by the careful passenger car.

 
 
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