| East Fork Trail travels along the north side of Stillwater Reservoir, a water impoundment completed in 1940. At 0.8 miles there is a registration/information board and the junction with trail #1120. Please register and become familiar with posted information.The trail turns north and reaches the Flat Tops Wilderness Boundary at mile 1.0. Continuing, visitors pass Little Causeway Lake at mile 1.6. From here visitors climb along and through talus slopes to the Bear River/ east fork of the Williams Fork watersheds divide at mile 2.3. A side trail makes a steep ascent to the Devils Causeway possible.The trail descends quickly and reaches Causeway Lake at mile 5.7. At mile 7.0 is Round Lake and the junction with trail #1116. From here, the trail descends, crosses and follows the east fork of the Williams Fork. Trail #1117 is intersected at mile 8.9. Further on, visitors re-cross the river and climb to the junction with trail #1116 at mile 11.6. Heading down valley, trail 1172 is at mile 13.0, the Wilderness Boundary at mile 13.4, and the end of the trail at Pyramid Guard Station at mile 15.7.This 15.7 mile trail is located within the Medicine Bow/Routt National Forest. The beginning elevation is 10,280 feet and the ending elevation is 8,402 feet. |
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