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| Hiking | 6.52 Miles |
1,862 AEG |
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| no partners | | Plan was to explore and mark some waypoints on an old service rd. I found a couple years ago when hiking from Barr trail home. It intersects pp toll road between mm 3 and 4 just past Crowe Gulch. I want to take it to it's terminus rather than the side trail I've taken in the past to see if it's easier to connect to oil creek tunnel trail on the backside of my planned Pikes Peak Loop. Problem is there was too much snow the canyon doesn't get much sun so the snow got about a foot deep on the climb so I'll have to do it another day.
Severy creek trail shows up every time I link Crowe Gulch just as an FYI not that anybody will hike this area, but it is closed and off limits so I have been told due to a type of fish that used to be and is no longer endangered. Anyway it has never reopened and would be the ideal trail for my loop and I can tell you that the signs deep in the woods make no mention of the trail being closed only the trailhead and rd. leading to it. I mention this because it's a pain in the pumpkin to do my planned PPeak loop w/ out this trail.
Saw super strange tracks going to Crowe Gulch and had no idea what they were until I startled a couple wild Turkeys. Not fast enough on the camera draw. Nice hike if you like rain, sleet, and snow. I'm in a Goretex state of mind... Anyway, my tracks in ring the peak and Esther we're gone on the way back. |
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Anyway missed out on a lot of precipitation and flooding. The service rd was washed out and following what I thought was the rd. Turned out to be flash flood damage and led me up the wrong canyon. At the ridge I met up with a trail that went in the right direction which connected to another trail. Started following this for several miles. Found a cool cabin and at about 10050' I hit snow. Trail disappeared in about 1 foot of snow. That appears to be the snow level I could see a couple cairns and the trail followed the contours down into a valley. I'll definitely be back when the snow melts as it seems to go in the general direction I want. I'm going to have to dig my local map out to see if the trail has name and stick it in route manager to see where it's at in relation to my big loop. Probably should start smaller when I've been sick. I'm a little tired.
