About this place

The Granite Ridge Trail (formerly Molly Lake Trail) follows an old logging road through lodgepole and ponderosa pine with views of the South Lone Pine drainage. About a mile from the trailhead a short branch from the main trail leads to Molly Lake. Shortly after that another branch leads south through a gate to Elkhorn Creek. Several gates are encountered on the main trail, and at 3.8 miles the trail passes through a gate and junctions with the south end of Lady Moon Trail (#985) which can be followed north for a mile to its trailhead on the Red Feather Lakes Road. Trailhead accommodates approximately four vehicles. (No trailer parking.) Travel 22 miles northwest of Fort Collins on U.S. Highway 287 to Livermore, and turn left on County Road 74E, Red Feather Lakes Road. Travel west for about 24 miles. Turn left on County Road 162, Manhattan Road, and travel 3 miles south to the trailhead on the left.