Hike Profiles for Rocky Mountain National Park and Surrounding Areas

Fall Mountain Located along RMNP's northern border, this remote summit is a great, rarely-visited destination.

Distance: 7.0 miles one-way Summit elevation: 12,258 feet Trailhead elevation: 10,000 feet Net elevation gain: 2,258 feet Corral Creek Trailhead Roosevelt National Forest / RMNP

Summit ridge, Fall Mountain

The red star in the map above shows the relative location of Fall Mountain to RMNP boundaries (in green) and major roads (in gold)

Major Trail Landmarks Junction with Poudre River Trail / RMNP Boundary (1.0 mile one-way from trailhead) Junction of Mummy Pass / Poudre Lake Trails (1.8 miles one-way from trailhead) Junction of Mummy Pass / Mirror Lake Trails (4.4 miles one-way from trailhead) Mummy Pass (6.2 miles one-way from trailhead)

Principal Destinations Near Fall Mountain Mirror Lake (6.2 miles one-way from trailhead) - via spur trail to Mirror Lake Comanche Peak (7.4 miles one-way from trailhead) - via off-trail route

Backcountry Campsites Near Fall Mountain Mummy Pass Creek [PDF Link] - (4.6 miles one-way from trailhead) - elevation 10,640' - 2 individual sites

Corral Creek Trailhead is located near Long Draw Reservoir and serves the northwest portion of RMNP. From Colorado Highway 14, east of Cameron Pass and west of the turnoff to Chambers Lake, turn on to the unpaved Long Draw Road. Corral Creek Trailhead is about 8.5 miles from Highway 14 on Long Draw Road. Note that Long Draw Road is only open seasonally. From Corral Creek Trailhead, the trail descends in to the Poudre River valley. One mile from the trailhead, turn south at the trail junction on to the Poudre River Trail and in to RMNP. After an additional 0.8 miles, follow the Mummy Pass Trail east as it leaves the Poudre River Trail. Continue to the east as the trail leads through dense forest and through a steeper section to the Mirror Lake Trail junction. For the south approach to Fall Mountain's summit, continue east on the Mummy Pass Trail all the way to Mummy Pass. Strike north off-trail just northeast of the pass and on to the south slopes of Fall Mountain. The grade gets continually more level toward the summit, which has a dramatic dropoff to the north just past the summit.

Sample photographs of the hike to Fall Mountain

Summit cairn, view of Comanche Peak

Mummy Range from Fall Mountain

View of Ypsilon Mountain

Looking west from the summit

Fall Mountain topographic map

Principal summer trail marked by solid red line; unmaintained trail/route marked by dashed red line. Map is oriented with north to the top of the map USGS Quad Map: Comanche Peak - Latitude: 40.259 deg. N - Longitude: 105.661 deg. W

LINK TO A PHOTO TRIP REPORT TO FALL MOUNTAIN & MIRROR LAKE

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