White River National Forest · Colorado
South Fork Pass
5.8 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1940 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse
Trailhead South Fork Pass TH #1940 Drive there
South Fork Pass TH #1940 the Forest Service's write-up
This well marked trail follows the South Fork of the Fryingpan River. The trail is fairly easy hiking and stays in trees for the majority of the trip. After 3.5 miles you will come to Deadman Lake. The trail from here gets a little harder to follow. To get to South Fork Pass stay on the trail and climb approximately 600 feet in your last mile of travel. From the end of the trail it is possible to continue over to Independence Pass and Hwy 82.
Restrictions <ul><li><a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whiteriver/recarea/?recid=81105">Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness</a> regulations apply to areas within the Wilderness boundary</li><li>Dogs must be leashed </li></ul>
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.
