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Payne Creek

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Intermediate Snowshoe – Payne Creek

We will travel about four miles out from the trailhead, have lunch and return the way we came.

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Robbie Monsma
Robbie Monsma
Primary Leader
  • Fri, Mar 10, 2023
  • Bobcats Section
  • Hiking, Snowshoeing
  • Intermediate
  • Adults
  • Challenging
  • Challenging
  • Mileage: 8.3 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,750 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 9,600 ft
  • Pace: 2.0 as suits the group

Meet at the northern dirt area in front of The Fort Restaurant (39.629223, -105.193323) at 6:45 am for a prompt 7:00 drive away. 

We will make a comfort stop at the Bailey Loaf N Jug (173 Bulldogger Rd, Bailey, CO 80421).  In return for our frequent use of their facilities, a good number of us should buy a little something (coffee, a trail snack, etc.).

This trail is forested and faces mostly north, so it tends to hold snow, but the first couple of miles on the Brookside McCurdy Trail is open meadow and may require microspikes.  

Route/Place

Payne Creek

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Ten essentials, layered clothing suitable for the day's weather, lunch, snowshoe kit and microspikes.

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