High Country Trails
Crater Lake Trail
The route starts at Andrews Lake just south of Molas Pass on US 550.
The whole trail is highly used to Crater Lake, so there shouldn’t be any issue route finding (unless you are doing a winter snowshoe or skin) to Crater Lake.
- Length
- 5.4 Miles
- Climb
- 1300 Feet
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- From Durango
- 41 Miles
Getting there
Andrew’s Lake Parking Area Molas Pass Trailhead To Andrew’s Lake: From 9th Street & Main Avenue, travel north on Main Avenue (Hwy 550). Roughly 40 miles north of Durango on U.S. Highway 550, turn right onto Andrew’s Lake Road and follow to the trailhead at the end of the road.
Where it starts
The pin marks an end of the mapped trail. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Trail layout
The line is the mapped path. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.