Beaver Creek Trailhead: Beaver Creek Trail to Coney Flats and Mt Audubon, Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, Colorado
Beaver Creek Trailhead: Beaver Creek Trail to Coney Flats and Mt Audubon
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area
The Beaver Creek Trail scales the massive eastern shoulder of Mt Audubon (13,223’) to connect Coney Flats with the Brainard Lake Recreation Area in Colorado’s Indian Peaks Wilderness. This lengthy north-south artery transitions through 4 distinct eco-communities: the marshes of Coney Flats, upper montane forest, subalpine forest and alpine tundra. Such diversity attracts a range of wildlife including coyote, fox, bear, mountain lion, deer, elk, grouse, ptarmigan marmot, bighorn sheep and mountain goat.
| Related Trails: | Coney Flats to Mt Audubon Beaver Creek Trail (Coney Flats to Brainard Lake) |
Sawtooth Mountain from Coney Flats
An early morning moon lingers over the Brainard Lake Recreation Area
Large cairns mark an elusive path into the alpine tundra
Summer wildflowers in the fore of Longs Peak and Mt Meeker
Looking north towards the Wild Basin Area of Rocky Mountain National Park
Looking down at Mitchell Lake from the Beaver Creek Trail
Mountain weather changes quickly; hurry below treeline when storms approach
The trail splits 3.35 miles from Coney Flats and begins a steep, methodical climb through the open tundra towards Mt Audubon
Longs Peak emerges once more on the final approach to Mt Audubon
The Gore Range behind Pawnee, Navajo, Apache and Shoshoni peaks
Tread lightly in this delicate alpine environment
Mt Toll (center) among several distinguished peaks on the descent to Brainard Lake
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