Mount Kit Carson Loop Road
- Mapped distance
- 8,292 m
- Elevation range
- 1,202 m–1,583 m
- Elevation gain
- 72 m
- Elevation loss
- 414 m
Map start 1,582 mMap end 1,240 m
Smith Gap Loop
Explore Kit Carson Loop Road toward Smith Gap, with an out-and-back option or a more demanding return on numbered trails described in the winter guide.
Before you head out
Check the current grooming report, winter map and posted restrictions. Live opening and grooming updates for this individual trail are not available here.
Some outings include shared roads or off-trail travel. Follow the official winter route rather than a summer trail line.
Elevation & distance
Approximate measurements for each mapped section, rather than a combined route total.
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 10 m
- Elevation range
- 1,244 m–1,245 m
- Elevation gain
- 0 m
- Elevation loss
- 1 m
Map start 1,245 mMap end 1,244 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 8 m
- Elevation range
- 1,224 m–1,227 m
- Elevation gain
- 3 m
- Elevation loss
- 0 m
Map start 1,224 mMap end 1,227 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 5 m
- Elevation range
- 1,220 m–1,221 m
- Elevation gain
- 0 m
- Elevation loss
- 1 m
Map start 1,221 mMap end 1,220 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 6 m
- Elevation range
- 1,202 m–1,203 m
- Elevation gain
- 1 m
- Elevation loss
- 0 m
Map start 1,202 mMap end 1,203 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 23 m
- Elevation range
- 1,245 m–1,251 m
- Elevation gain
- 0 m
- Elevation loss
- 6 m
Map start 1,251 mMap end 1,245 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 931 m
- Elevation range
- 1,196 m–1,255 m
- Elevation gain
- 59 m
- Elevation loss
- 80 m
Map start 1,244 mMap end 1,224 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 1,119 m
- Elevation range
- 1,227 m–1,295 m
- Elevation gain
- 86 m
- Elevation loss
- 50 m
Map start 1,227 mMap end 1,263 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 133 m
- Elevation range
- 1,202 m–1,220 m
- Elevation gain
- 1 m
- Elevation loss
- 18 m
Map start 1,220 mMap end 1,202 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 115 m
- Elevation range
- 1,203 m–1,212 m
- Elevation gain
- 9 m
- Elevation loss
- 1 m
Map start 1,203 mMap end 1,212 m
Trail 100
- Mapped distance
- 2,260 m
- Elevation range
- 1,221 m–1,421 m
- Elevation gain
- 50 m
- Elevation loss
- 211 m
Map start 1,382 mMap end 1,221 m
Trail 103
- Mapped distance
- 220 m
- Elevation range
- 1,191 m–1,218 m
- Elevation gain
- 27 m
- Elevation loss
- 0 m
Map start 1,191 mMap end 1,218 m
Trail 103
- Mapped distance
- 256 m
- Elevation range
- 1,219 m–1,273 m
- Elevation gain
- 53 m
- Elevation loss
- 1 m
Map start 1,219 mMap end 1,272 m
Trail 103
- Mapped distance
- 5 m
- Elevation range
- 1,218 m–1,219 m
- Elevation gain
- 1 m
- Elevation loss
- 0 m
Map start 1,218 mMap end 1,219 m
Trail 104
- Mapped distance
- 120 m
- Elevation range
- 1,172 m–1,207 m
- Elevation gain
- 2 m
- Elevation loss
- 36 m
Map start 1,207 mMap end 1,172 m
Mount Kit Carson Loop Road
- Mapped distance
- 2,220 m
- Elevation range
- 1,163 m–1,263 m
- Elevation gain
- 71 m
- Elevation loss
- 121 m
Map start 1,240 mMap end 1,190 m
Trail 104
- Mapped distance
- 36 m
- Elevation range
- 1,201 m–1,207 m
- Elevation gain
- 6 m
- Elevation loss
- 1 m
Map start 1,201 mMap end 1,207 m
Map details & sources
This outing may combine route components or off-trail winter travel. Component geometry is not a separately surveyed complete winter track.
The guide offers an out-and-back on Kit Carson Loop Road or a more demanding return on numbered trails; the complete loop is not one separately surveyed centerline.
Ratings attributed to the 2020 guide are historical source descriptions; current official maps and posted restrictions take precedence.
Also listed as: Snowshoe Hut · Snowshoe Hut Alternate Return · Smith Gap
Mount Kit Carson Loop Road
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown; no winter component rating inferred
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 100
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 103
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 103
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 103
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 104
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Mount Kit Carson Loop Road
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Trail 104
Mapped difficulty: Not confirmed. Unknown: official snowshoe component map does not assign individual component ratings
Original community map feature ↗Distances describe individual map lines, which can overlap between named sections. Elevation profiles use terrain data sampled at intervals of at most 20 m. They show ground elevation, not snow depth or lift cable height; source accuracy and sampling affect the estimates.
Map snapshot: . Current operating reports are collected separately.
Map geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Terrain: Mapzen Terrain Tiles / USGS.