Horseshoe Lake Trail
Horseshoe Lake Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back foot trail in Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska. It climbs 250 ft to a high point of 1,720 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line runs 3.32 mi because it also covers connecting trails, so it is not the length of this hike. The figure is for the Park Service's “Early Morning Hike to Horseshoe Lake” hike, which uses this trail.
- 0.5 mione way
- 1 miround trip
- 3.32 mimapped line (longer than the hike)
- 250 ftelevation gain
- 1,720 fthigh point
- Easydifficulty
From the National Park Service
Early Morning Hike to Horseshoe Lake
This route adds roughly 1 mile round-trip (or just half a mile if you plan to only hike the Taiga trail on the way to or from the lake, instead of in both directions).
Read the official NPS description
Plan this hike
Open Horseshoe Lake Trail on Trailbound's interactive map to see the full route, the elevation profile, today's forecast and any park alerts for Denali. Denali has permits or reservations for some areas: see the Denali page for what's needed.
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