White River National Forest · Colorado

Meadow Mountain

5.4 mi of trail, end to end · Meadow Mt. Tie Thru: 6.5 mi loop in the Service's write-up · native material surface · trail No. 2124 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.5891, -106.4747 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Meadow Mountain TH #2124 the Forest Service's write-up

The Meadow Mountain trail begins just south of the Holy Cross Ranger Station off Hwy 24 and ends at the line shack and top of the Whiskey Creek trail: This trail is an old forest road and climbs gradually through large open meadows, with relics of old cabins and corrals, and some aspen and spruce-fir forest near the top. The line shack is a small cabin that lies at the end of the trail. The line shack offers a good place for lunch and a vantage point of some views of the Gore Range and Beaver Creek ski area. Evidence of old ski runs shows that this was once an old ski area.

This hike on fs.usda.gov

Meadow Mt. Tie Thru 6.5 mi loop · the Forest Service's write-up

The Meadow Mt. Tie Thru trail connects the Meadow Mountain trail #748 to the West Grouse Creek Trail #2129: This trail can be used in conjunction with the Meadow Mountain Trail #748, West Grouse Creek Trail #2129, and old Forest Service Road #747 to make a 6.5 mile loop hike giving you the best of the openness of Meadow Mountain and the singletrack through the forest of the West Grouse Creek Trail.

This hike on fs.usda.gov

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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.