Pike and San Isabel National Forests · Colorado

North Fork Lake Creek

4.0 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1483 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead North Fork Lake Creek Trailhead Drive there

North Fork Lake Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

North Fork Lake Creek Trailhead offers access to Mount Massive Wilderness area via the North Fork Lake Creek Trail #1483. The trail is a 3.7 mile moderate out-and-back hike.

Restrictions <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/psicc/specialplaces/?cid=stelprd3795315">Wilderness regulations apply.</a>

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.