Greyrock Summit Trail is a 6.3 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Laporte, Colorado that offers the chance to see wildlife and is rated as difficult. The trail is primarily used for hiking and running and is best used from April until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Users have noted that the scramble up the rocky peak is poorly marked. The pond towards the top obscures part of the trail, but it is circumnavigated fairly easily by rock hopping. On the way down, taking the meadow trail adds a mile or so, but it offers a completely different experience and expansive views west. The majority of the hike is exposed, so prepare for the elements.
April 11, 2021Perfect dry conditions and great weather. Solid intermediate to skilled trail if going all the way to the peak. Half mile of scrambling to get to the peak. Download the map beforehand as half the trail and the trailhead don't get signal. Though the trail was easy to navigate without snow.
April 4, 2021The trail has amazing views at the top, but it loses one star for the difficulty of navigation and trail maintenance. As of this writing, their is some snow at certain points, I did not use spikes, but I would take them just in case. It can get very difficult to follow the trail once you start summiting it and you may have to make your own path or try and follow the app. The easiest way I figured it out is whenever you see a body of water, stay left, going right seems more difficult. Also their are a lot of trees down in the area making the trail disappear. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this trail if you are adventurous and in shape.
March 27, 2021The last 0.8 mile is complete post holing.
March 9, 2021February 21, 2021February 20, 2021A little slush at the bottom, but snow packed from midway up. Great trail.
February 6, 2021January 31, 2021Great hike! Today trail was 99% dry. The few icy spots were SLICK - be careful. Definitely recommend downloading trail map as there were just a few spots where route-finding was needed. We started hiking just before 8 am and only a handful of cars in the parking lot at that time.
January 8, 2021Still icy. Want to send a shout out to Jeff and his his buddies. Hope he is ok and gets well soon. Be careful of the rock. Regardless how good of shape your in the rock doesn’t care. Possible broke leg
January 3, 2021Still pretty icy and snowy in parts in the first .5 miles, then fairly clear except in some shady areas. Top had snow and the pond was frozen, but not little to no snow on the rocks at the top.
December 31, 2020lots of snow, but not much ice, didn't make it to the top (dog got too tired) but until 2.5 miles in, conditions were great! a couple downed trees, but easy enough to get over or around.
December 31, 2020December 30, 2020About 1 mile into the meadows (west) part of the loop trail there is a down tree and I had to turn around. There were no footprints in the snow on the other side so you will have to trail find beyond that point. 12/30.
December 29, 2020Parking lot was really Icey, and some parts of the the first mile of trail were really bad. But the rest of it was beautiful and you walk through the burned down portion of the Forrest.
December 26, 2020December 18, 2020Great night hike! Fun scramble to the summit. Great way to see Fort Collins at night and the stars in the sky. Will go back to experience in daylight. Snow was packed spikes helped. Spots of ice to be aware of
September 22, 2020As usual a quick and fun hike close to town! Awesome trail run and or just quick hike
September 20, 2020
