High Alpine Lake 2 - 9/7/24 - Windsor Lake
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Trip Captain: Nick De La Cruz
Time: ALL DAY! Meet at 7am
Meeting point: Windsor Lake Trailhead
Join Nick De La Cruz on a full-day alpine lake excursion.
This trip will be a hike-and-fish to Windsor Lake in the Mt Massive Wilderness. The hike to Windsor Lake is 1.25 miles from the parking lot with 866 feet of gain.
Fishing
Ron Belak reports catching lake trout and Snake River cutthroat trout, and writes that CPW has recently stocked golden trout. There is also ponded section of the outlet stream immediately below Windsor Lake with recent reports of excellent fishing for cutthroats. In the event of thunderstorms, the lake is below treeline and offers significant forests to shelter from lightning.
Trailhead
The Windsor Lake Trailhead is reached by taking County Road 4 west of Leadville past Turquoise Lake to just past the Native Lake Trailhead. The road is maintained gravel and dirt suitable for 2WD vehicles. There is ample parking at the trailhead. Nick will be in a silver Toyota Rav-4. Drive time to the trailhead from Denver is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Nick will depart trailhead at 8am. Lunch will be lakeside so bring a backpack with food and water, however Nick will have a gravity water filter as well.
Here is a Google Maps link to trailhead:
