Mohawk Lakes- with Alpine lakes - Breckenridge

Last time I did this trail we went with snow on the ground. This time it was much prettier but still a little challenging to find the trails.
I would recommend a GPS to find your way. There are so many social trails that get you turned around. I like the app GAIA on my phone.

On the way up we went the way of the waterfall. We climbed to the left of the waterfall to climb up to the lakes. The falls were running fast.

There are two places to park for starting. The spruce Creek Trailhead is easier to drive to- 4WD not needed. The other option is the trailhead used for Crystal Lakes. This is a rough road (need high clearance) that cuts off some distance.

There wasnt much snow left to cross to get to the lower lake.

The Lower lake is usually pretty crowded. Keep going up the upper lake.

The lower lake was pretty dotted with snow.

There was more snow up top. We brought our spikes so didnt have any problems.

More snow as we went up. Very pretty. This time we decided to find the alpine lakes further on.

It was a little steep to get past the upper lake to the first alpine lake. But after that was realatively level.

Getting to the Alpine lakes.

There were four Alpine lakes we found.

This hike was 7 plus miles total with elevation gain of +1,810' gain. A great workout!

Mohawk Lakes- in fall Breckenridge Colorado

This was my first time hiking Mohawk Lakes. We did this in October and there was quite a bit of snow. We started at the trailhead of Spruce Creek.

This trail is know for the many social or side trails. I took along my GPS to help keep us on the trail.

There are lots of old mining structures along the trail.

The first body of water are the Mayflower lakes.

Here is one of the hiker huts along the trail.

Inside the hut there was a log that lots of hikers had written in.  

Beautiful views all around.

There is a waterfall along the trail.

More mining structures

Finally made it to Lower Mohawk lakes.

Starting the climb up to Upper Mohawk Lakes. We needed spikes because it was so steep.

Mohawk Upper Lake. Total distance was 6.7miles with an elevation gain of +1810.