White River National Forest · Colorado
Deluge Lake
4.1 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 2014 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking · seasonal: hiking 05/21-11/22
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.6288, -106.2767 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Deluge Lake TH #2014 the Forest Service's write-up
The Deluge Lake trail begins near East Vail and ends at Deluge Lake: The trail traverses a steep, sunny, south-facing hillside for about 3 miles before turning north into the Deluge Creek valley toward Deluge Lake where views to the Sawatch Range and Mount of the Holy Cross emerge.
Parking at the trailhead is limited; park in town and take the free bus to the trailhead.
Restrictions <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whiteriver/recarea/?recid=81113">Holy Cross Wilderness</a> regulations apply to areas within the Wilderness boundary.
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in White River National Forest
About this trail's facts
The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.
