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BPX 3-Day: Colorado Trail - Segments 4 & 5 from the Rolling Creek TH

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Backpack – BPX 3-Day: Colorado Trail - Segments 4 & 5 from the Rolling Creek TH

Want to do the Colorado Trail but don't have the time for a through hike? Join me this summer on a few segments of the Colorado Trail as backpack trips from Denver. This trip we will do Segments 4 & 5, as described in The CMC Guidebook, The Colorado Trail, 9th Edition. Segment 4 starts at the Rolling Creek Trailhead near Bailey, CO, travels through the northern part of the Lost Creek Wilderness. Segment 5 has beautiful views of South Park, and ends at Kenosha Pass East Trailhead.

Contacts

Dave Molyneaux
Dave Molyneaux
Primary Leader
  • Fri, Jul 28, 2023 — Sun, Jul 30, 2023
  • Backpacking Section
  • Backpacking
  • Adults
  • Difficult
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 30.3 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 5,398 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 10,930 ft
  • Pace: 1.5 - 2.5 mph / 1,000 ft./hr.

Please contact me at Craig_R_Townsend@Yahoo.com when you sign up for this trip so we can make sure our expectations are aligned.

I'm out here to have a good time, and enjoy Colorado's backcountry.  I try to create a friendly and collaborative team dynamic and to be as inclusive as possible, considering everyone's abilities, experience, and needs out there. I ask the same of you.

Individual food; you will need three trail lunches, two dinners and two breakfasts.

Please call with your questions, comments and suggestions.

Craig Townsend, CMC Trip Leader, (303) 819-8812

For now we will plan to meet at the CMC in Golden and carpool to the TH.

NOTE: There will be a car shuttle.

NOTE: This will be updated in July. 

Route/Place

BPX 3-Day: Colorado Trail - Segments 4 & 5 from the Rolling Creek TH

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

The Ten Essentials appropriate for an adventure in the Colorado alpine.  Including, in no particular order, proper hiking boots or low top hiking shoes, sun protection, your navigation tool, a personal first aid kit, food, and minimum 2 liters of water. Layers, including rain jacket with hood (a year-round pack item). Any questions, please ask. 

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