Hiking – Curecanti Creek Trail

Meet at 8:30am at the Gold's Gym parking lot at 1840 E Main St in Montrose. Drive east on highway 50 for about 37 miles. Turn left at highway 92. Drive 5.7 miles and park at the Pioneer Park Overlook on the left.

If driving from a location other than Montrose, meet at the Pioneer Park Overlook parking lot at 9:30am.

From gjhikes.com: Curecanti Creek: The Curecanti Creek trail is located in the Curecanti National Recreation Area between Gunnison and Crawford, Colorado. The trail descends about 900 feet from the Pioneer Point Overlook to the shores of the Gunnison River and backwaters of the Morrow Point Reservoir. The narrow gorge of black granite is awe inspiring to gaze into from the overlook. Hikers with the stamina and fortitude to venture into its depths get to feel part of canyon and experience it like others can only imagine. The hike begins as a leisurely stroll along the rim heading north above the canyon and Curecanti Creek. After a short distance you begin getting glimpses of the trail descending before you into the canyon. Just over 1 mile from the trailhead you come to a bridge that crosses the creek. At this point you have descended a little less than half of the hikes elevation change but covered all but about 8 tenths of a mile of the total one-way distance. For the rest of the way the trail is much more rocky and follows the creek but not always right next to it.