Tuhare Lakes Trail is in the northern Sawatch Range

Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....

, part of the Rocky Mountains

Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...

 in the US state of Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. It is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness

Holy Cross Wilderness

The Holy Cross Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and White River national forests near Leadville, Minturn, Avon, Edwards, Eagle, and Vail, Colorado. The wilderness with of trails was established in 1980. The wilderness was named after its highest peak, Mount of the...

 southeast of Mount of the Holy Cross

Mount of the Holy Cross

Mount of the Holy Cross is the northernmost 14,000-foot mountain in the Sawatch Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. It is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness near the ghost town of Holy Cross City and in Eagle County. It was named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on the...

 in Eagle County

Eagle County, Colorado

Eagle County is the thirteenth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado in the United States. The county is named for the Eagle River. The county population was 41,659 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is the Town of Eagle...

. Tuhare Lakes Trail is south of Interstate 70

Interstate 70

Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride near Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first Interstate Highway project in the United States. I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 east of the Rocky...

, west of Highway 24, south of Minturn

Minturn, Colorado

Minturn is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,068 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Minturn is located at ....

, southwest of Vail

Vail, Colorado

The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...

 and south of Beaver Creek Resort

Beaver Creek Resort

Beaver Creek Resort is a major United States ski resort near Avon, Colorado, run by Vail Resorts. The resort comprises three villages, the main Beaver Creek Village, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead to the west...

, Colorado. Tuhare Lakes Trail is accessible from the north along Fall Creek Trail at Half Moon Campground on Tigiwon Road. Alternatively, Tuhare Lakes Trail can be reached from the south on Homestake Road and Holy Cross City Jeep Road to Hunky Dory Trail and over Fall Creek Pass to Lake Constantine, where Tuhare Lakes Trail meets Fall Creek Trail. Tuhare Lakes Trail makes a steep ascent from Lake Constantine beside a series of waterfalls that drop east from Lower Tuhare Lake at approximately 12,200 feet. Along the northwest shore of Lower Tuhare Lake, a lightly traveled path continues to Upper Tuhare Lake, four and a half miles from the Fall Creek Trailhead, at an elevation of 12,400 feet. Holy Cross Wilderness Area: Northern Trails of Eagle County, a hiking guide by Kim Fenske, provides a description of Tuhare Lakes Trail.