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Hike · Gore Range trailhead

Gore Range Trail

Distance
13.1 mi
Vertical
2,096 ft
Summit
11,890 ft
Difficulty
Very strenuous

The Gore Range is a sharp, north–south spine of the Rocky Mountains in north-central Colorado, rising between the Blue River and the headwaters of the Eagle River in Summit and Eagle counties. The Ute name for the range was the Shining Mountains; the modern name comes from Sir…

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A high meadow opens to a sweeping view of the Gore Range above the Dillon Reservoir basin, with the range’s serrated north–south spine on the skyline.
Mcphail492 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Buffalo Mountain and the southern Gore Range rise over the spruce-fir forest of the Eagles Nest Wilderness in north-central Colorado.
Mcphail492 · CC BY-SA 4.0
First light catches the snow-streaked crest of the Gore Range above the still-dark forests of Summit County.
Zach Dischner · CC BY 2.0
The Gore Range seen from the Trail Ridge overlook in Rocky Mountain National Park, the distant blue line of summits that the range presents from the north.
Thomson200 · CC0

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