Name: Emigrant Trail
Rating: 4.3

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4.3 from 6 votes

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#752

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#8,767

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Jun 23, 2018

Brandon Morton

Gorgeous hike from the dam at Caples Lake up Emigrant Creek to Emigrant Lake. There's still a good amount of snow on the backside of the lake at th… 8.2mi

Oct 3, 2017

Tim Roide

8.5mi — 3h 30m

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Emigrant Trail

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Point to Point

8,599' 2,621 m

7,811' 2,381 m

816' 249 m

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