Silver Dollar Lake (11,950') is located 1.65 miles west of Guanella Pass Road in a broad valley framed by Square Top Mountain (south) and Mount Wilcox (north). The Silver Dollar Lake Trail continues .5 miles to Murray Lake just below the Continental Divide.

View of Silver Dollar Lake from Square Top Mountain (13,794')

View down the Leavenworth Creek valley en route to Mt Wilcox (this is the adjacent valley to the north of Silver Dollar Lake)

The trail clears treeline after .6 miles and passes through open tundra to the lake

Mountain goat hooves have hard outer shells and rubbery, concave footpads which act like suction cups when weight is applied

The Silver Dollar Lake basin is generally obstacle free and easy to explore

Yellow bellied marmots can live 10-15 years

The non-technical climb to Mt Wilcox offers a good look over both lakes, and of the aptly named summit of Square Top Mountain (13,794')

Argentine Peak (13,738') nudges over Mount Wilcox's west ridge along the Continental Divide

Soft tundra grasses ideal for camping ring Silver Dollar Lake

The trail between Silver Dollar Lake and Murray Lake as a storm rolls in

The trail emerges from treeline over Naylor Lake, which is private property