4.2 miles
Distance
1,576 ft
Climb
-92 ft
Descent
04:04:47
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Gore Creek Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Hike
    • Horse
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Eagles Nest Wilderness Area
    Vail, Colorado
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Physical Rating
    Hard
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Alpine Trail
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    No
  • Global Ranking
    #5469 in Hiking [+]
    • #35051 in Trail Running
  • Local Popularity
    80 in Hiking [+]
    • 90 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Horseback

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Gore Creek Trail is a 4 mile blue singletrack alpine trail located near Vail Colorado. This hike primary trail can be used both directions and has a hard overall physical rating. On average it takes 4 hours4 minutes to complete this trail.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Gore Creek Trail hike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    1,483 ft
  • Altitude min
    8,704 ft
  • Altitude max
    10,197 ft
  • Altitude start
    8,704 ft
  • Altitude end
    10,187 ft
  • Grade
    6.7%
  • Grade max
    -17.1%
  • Grade min
    64.1%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    2,323 ft
  • Distance flat
    610 ft
  • Avg time
    04:04:47
  • Avg reverse time
    02:33:05
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      Gore Creek Trail Trail Reports

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      Jul 20, 2024 @ 7:10am
      Jul 20, 2024
      		 reporter
      Jun 11, 2024 @ 6:33am
      Jun 11, 2024
      		 reporter Snow line looks to be around 10,400' in the Gore Range area. Trail is variable being dry down low, muddy, and then snow covered.
      Sep 25, 2021 @ 10:13am
      Sep 25, 2021
      Sep 10, 2020 @ 4:04pm
      Sep 10, 2020
      		 reporter Several trees down across trail.
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