Pike National Forest
Tanglewood Trail #636

This 3.7 mile trail through the eastern part of the Mount Evans Wilderness Area is rated as moderately difficult. It sees most traffic in the summer and fall.

Elevations:

• Trail beginning: 9,280'
• High Point: 11,960'
• Trail ending: 11,960'

Access: At the stop light just below the top of Crow Hill (28 miles west of Denver on US 285), turn northwest onto Park County Road 43. Go 6.8 miles northwest to a fork in the road. Bear left and go another 2.1 miles (bear right at the campground) to the parking area at the Deer Creek Trailhead. Deer Creek Trailhead serves the Tanglewood Trail and is the eastern terminus of the Rosalie Trail.

Notes: The Tanglewood and Rosalie Trails leave the traihead together and head up through the Tanglewood Creek drainage until just outside the wilderness boundary, they split. The Rosalie Trail heads west (left) on an old logging road while the Tanglewood Trail continues following Tanglewood Creek to the north. The Tanglewood Trail rises almost continuously but gets even steeper once it gets above treeline. The trail rises to a saddle on the ridge that marks the boundary between Pike National Forest and Arapaho National Forest. At the saddle, Tanglewood Trail becomes Roosevelt Lakes Trail and descends gradually across the open tundra to the Roosevelt Lakes. Looking west at the saddle you'll be looking at Rosalie Peak. Looking east you'll see the Pegmatite Points sticking up with Rosedale Peak just to the east of them.

USGS Maps: Harris Park