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Holy Cross Wilderness Day 1-3, CO
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| Backpack | 164.00 Miles |
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| | Backpack | 164.00 Miles | 5 Days | | |
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3rd little exploration while in Colorado for August.
Had every camp's lake to ourselves.
*Route is drawn, not actual (battery power)
Day 1 - 45min drive up the mtn on dirt rd with deep holes and oil pan busters. Can a Honda Civic make it? Yes but you'll be mad at me if you try in yours.
Hike up Half Moon Pass then to the knee killer steps down (would hate to do this reverse).
Rain and hail. Information for old trail down to Cross Creek = bad. None exists. Off trail in the storm.
Reach creek exhausted. Crossing test keeps the short one out. Wet camp setup.
Day 2 - Let's forgo the creek cross and offtrail back into the woods away from most of the marsh. Ariel view GPS download huge help. Oddly enough someone named Andy lost his Nalgene on our offtrail path. What in the world were you doing way out here offtrail, Andy? Reach official trail and make better time and great sights with our heavier wet packs. We make it to Harvey Lake, our optimistically planned 1st night camp. Such a great place to rest up, let things dry, and get other things wet.
Day 3 - Head back to Cross Creek. Beautiful valley. Would love to poke around more of it. Skip Blodgett lake and climb out of the valley. See lone camper at Treasure Vault Lake. Up Fancy pass, down Fancy pass. See the skid sled used for mining supplies to pull up hill. Down to Fancy Lake. A group of 5 girls pull in to rest on their Missouri Lakes loop. A ccouple things ccome out to ccasually add to scenery but the preview was misleading and the movie plot sputtered out so we left the theater.
Mostly from Fancy, you are hiking an old forest rd and then the actual 4wd trail to Holy Cross "City." 2 cabins remain, a couple gated mines, and old steel monstrosities.
The last portion of trail leads us to Hunky Dorey Lake and camp. The area had previously been well used but we saw no one during our time.
Part 2 [ photoset ]
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May he guide you through the wilderness : protect you through the storm;
May he bring you home rejoicing : at the wonders he has shown you;
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