Four Pass Loop itinerary
Every published mile marker on the Four Pass Loop route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one — and which permit each stretch needs. To watch dates and set alerts, go to the Four Pass Loop permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Four Pass Loop. One reservation is an ordered sequence of nights in zones, issued by reservation.
7 of the stops below are camps this permit sells a night at, and each one is marked. One trip books a sequence of them, not all of them.
- Stops mapped
- 7
- Across the markers
- 23.0 mi
- Published route length
- 26 mi
- Published ascent
- 11,000 ft
How long it takes: 3 to 5 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 camps this permit sells, listed in the order the route runs them, with the mile positions the booking system publishes.
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 Four Pass Loop route, stop by stop
Mile 2.0
Crater Lake
Reserve a night here — a named camp you reserve
3.0 miles to Upper Snowmass Zone
Mile 5.0
Upper Snowmass Zone
Reserve a night here — a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
4.0 miles to Snowmass Lake Zone
Mile 9.0
Snowmass Lake Zone
Reserve a night here — a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
5.0 miles to Geneva Lake Zone
Mile 14.0
Geneva Lake Zone
Reserve a night here — a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
4.0 miles to North Fork Zone
Mile 18.0
North Fork Zone
Reserve a night here — a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
4.0 miles to East Fork Zone
Mile 22.0
East Fork Zone
Reserve a night here — a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
3.0 miles to Maroon Zone
Mile 25.0
Maroon Zone
Reserve a night here — a zone you reserve and camp anywhere inside
Getting a Four Pass Loop for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Four Pass 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 watches Four Pass Loop around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.