Name: Lily Mountain Trail
Rating: 4.2

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From the Lily Mountain Trailhead, this trail traverses gentle terrain past a few nice views of the surrounding area. After a little more than a mile, the trail stops traversing Lily Mountain and begins its arduous climb to the summit, tackling nearly a thousand feet of climbing in about a mile. Once you've made the top, your efforts will be rewarded with nice views of the surrounding area, including Twin Sisters.

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Land Manager: USFS - Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Office

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4.2 from 23 votes

#2

in Estes Park

#375

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4.2 from 23 votes

5 Star		35%
4 Star		48%
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#2

in Estes Park

#75

in Colorado

#375

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View of the Rockies from the top of Lily Mountain

Mar 24, 2020 near Estes Park, CO

Jun 24, 2018 near Estes Park, CO

Lily Mountain Trail, view from the summit. July 2019

Feb 6, 2020 near Estes Park, CO

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Aug 4, 2023

J T

Jan 13, 2023

Andrew Ralston

Oct 11, 2022

Julius Rice

4.2mi

Sep 4, 2022

Brad Costa

Aug 27, 2022

Garrett S

2.1mi — 0h 50m

Jul 15, 2022

Kelly Martin

May 28, 2022

Liz Ryan

Little parking- park along highway. 1.9 to the top from the trailhead. some steeper parts. The end contains a very short but very steep scramble. 3.8mi — 1h 55m

May 28, 2022

Seth S

hiked with my dad to the top, what a great 4.2mi — 2h 45m

May 8, 2022

Samantha Sheehy

Dec 12, 2021

Elise Gelinger

Nov 7, 2021

Ro Lyon

Nov 5, 2021

Nicole Arendt

2.1mi

Jul 25, 2021

Rich Guess

Feb 21, 2021

Jordan Jackson

Dec 7, 2020

Samantha Leon

3h 00m

Sep 24, 2020

Guido Massaccesi

Sep 20, 2020

Rich Kelly

Sep 19, 2020

Mike Kruger

Kaila's favorite. windy at top. really quite wonderful. most technical we've tackled so far 4.2mi — 5h 00m

Sep 13, 2020

Daniel Ward

Beautiful view at top!!!

Jul 18, 2020

Giorgio Verduzio

Hike con tutta la family included BO Nice!

Jun 29, 2020

Morgan Keeler

4.2mi — 2h 30m

Jun 28, 2020

A Chun

4.2mi — 2h 00m

Jun 21, 2020

Shauna Owens

one way day one 2.1mi — 1h 30m

Jun 7, 2020

Lindsay Rubey

4mi

Mar 24, 2020

Sam Albert

Snow currently packed down enough to have almost no post-holing. Traction useful but not necessary. View at the top is amazing. 4mi — 1h 47m

Feb 2, 2020

Michalla Geer

One of the best views I've seen in a while. 4.2mi — 1h 52m

Jan 4, 2020

Alicia Vaughn

Awesome views!

Nov 10, 2019

Matt Twyman

Via moonlight with WFR class crew. Headlamps off a majority of the time. Fantastic night views of the surrounding peaks. Wonderful summit.

Oct 5, 2019

Alexandra Jacoby

Aug 18, 2019

Austin Forte

4.2mi — 3h 05m

Jul 20, 2019

Charlie Beals

Great views of RMNP without much hiking to get there. A little bit of scrambling at the top. 4.2mi — 3h 00m

Jul 19, 2019

Daniel Robert

2.1mi — 2h 00m

Jul 18, 2019

Dan Stewart

Jul 11, 2019

Steve Smith

2.1mi

Jul 6, 2019

Kate K

Steep and technical final climb to summit. Crowded with lots of dogs by noon, quiet when we started around 9 a.m. on a Saturday. 2.1mi — 3h 30m

Jun 30, 2019

Pedro Ortiz

Jun 24, 2019

Mauren Mitchell

Jun 24, 2019

Samantha Zeller

Hiked to the trail 4mi

Jun 1, 2019

Maegan K

Day hike with Mayzie(pup) and Shaw

May 25, 2019

Austin Forte

One long stretch that is defined by a single long switchback about half way through the hike. Additionally, the final 1/8th mile is all climbing up… 4.2mi — 3h 15m

May 5, 2019

Monica Hout

Dec 23, 2018

Zach Wozniak

2.1mi

Nov 6, 2018

Lily Padora

Round trip 4.2 miles. Beautiful summit view. Would rate medium-difficult. Extreme elevation increase. Awesome trail! 4.2mi

Sep 26, 2018

Sarah B

scrambling over boulders at the end. 3.4mi

Sep 23, 2018

Marielynn Rosenblat

Sep 23, 2018

Hannah Sellnow

Can’t remember the date I did this. Nice hike, short but challenging. Views of Longs. Dog friendly.

Aug 25, 2018

Caleb Owsley

Aug 17, 2018

ANDREW SCHRECK

Jul 4, 2018

Andrew Alderete

May 26, 2018

Ashley Cordero

Apr 16, 2018

Skyler Fox

Feb 18, 2018

Chris Rinaldo

Jul 15, 2007

John H

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Lily Mountain Trail

“This trail to the top of Lily Mountain offers great views of Twin Sisters. ”

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8,767' 2,672 m

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