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Collegiate Loop permit

Collegiate Loop itinerary

Every mile marker on the Collegiate Loop route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Collegiate Loop permit page.

Which permit covers this route

The Collegiate Loop. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.

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Stops mapped
7
Across the markers
151.5 mi
Published route length
160 mi
Ascent, at least
4,478 ft

How long it takes: 10-14 days. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.

The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.

Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.

The Collegiate Loop route, stop by stop

  1. Mile 0.0

    9,244 ft

    Twin Lakes (loop's northern point)

    Loop's northernmost point and shared trailhead area with the main Colorado Trail.

    7.8 miles · 321 ft down to Clear Creek Road

  2. Mile 7.8

    8,923 ft

    Clear Creek Road

    18.5 miles · 937 ft up to Silver Creek Trailhead

  3. Mile 26.3

    9,860 ft

    Silver Creek Trailhead

    22.8 miles · 1,477 ft down to Chalk Creek Trailhead

  4. Mile 49.1

    8,383 ft

    Chalk Creek Trailhead

    20.4 miles · 484 ft up to U.S. Highway 50

  5. Mile 69.5

    8,867 ft

    U.S. Highway 50

    8.6 miles · 3,057 ft up to South Junction / Fooses Creek Turnoff

  6. Mile 78.1

    11,924 ft

    South Junction / Fooses Creek Turnoff

    Loop's southernmost point, south of Monarch Pass.

    73.4 miles · 2,037 ft down to Sheep Gulch

  7. Mile 151.5

    9,887 ft

    Sheep Gulch

Getting a Collegiate Loop for the dates you want

Planning the route is the easy half. Collegiate Loop dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Collegiate Loop around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.

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