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Fern Creek Trail

Name: Fern Creek Trail
Rating: 1.50

Type: Trail

Length: 7.50 Miles

Elevation Gain: N/A

Cost: Free

Rating:

(1.50)1

Difficulty: 2point5stars

(2.50)

Solitude:

(4.50)

ADA Accessible: No

Bikes Allowed: Yes

Dogs Allowed: Yes

Interpretive Guide: No

City: Spar City

County: Mineral

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Photos

Looking back towards the Rio Grande river. (Photo by Blaze)

Lots of dead trees left from the 2013 fire. (Photo by Blaze)

This tiny lake is at 11,230 ft. (Photo by Blaze)

There were about 30 blowdowns on the trail that we had to go under, over or around. Many of them were dead trees from the 2013 fire. (Photo by Blaze)

This is the trailhead sign off Fern Creek Road. (Photo by Blaze)

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Fern Creek to Little Ruby Lake
By Blaze on 5/6/2022
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Distance: 7.74 Miles Duration: 6 hours, 9 minutes

My wife, son and I hiked up to Little Ruby Lake via the Fern Creek Trail. It is all-up (3.75 miles) and you gain almost 2,000 ft of elevation topping out around 11,250 ft, so it's a good workout. Apparently there was a big fire in this area back in 2013, so there are a lot of deadfall/blowdowns. We must have had to go over/under/around 30-40 of them, making the hike somewhat of an obstacle course.