Creedmoore Lakes & Chimney Rock
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The
weather's been a tad warm the past few days - and there's no A/C in the
rental house. By mid afternoon the house temps get uncomfortable. Today (and tomorrow) I'll find myself wanting to get into some cool air - either via the car's A/C or via higher elevation (temperatures generally drop four degrees per thousand feet of elevation gain). Simply going up 2 to 4 thousand feet will drop temps nicely. North Central CO is about 3 thousand feet above town... The area is also close, but yet remote, and scenic. An interesting part of the state with sections to remind us that a part of Utah was planted here. |
| Gravel road in good condition on the way to Creedmoore Lakes (the yellow dot in the top map) |
| The 1/4 mile stub road to the lakes - a slow "pick your line" route for my low clearance vehicle. |
| The rest of the vehicles had more clearance - though I was able to make it w/o any body scrapes. |
| There are three lakes. This is only one as the other two are accessed via a different trail from the parking lot. |
| I found out about the "other trail" to the other two lakes only after I started trekking down this one. I walked it for perhaps five minutes before turning back. I was told this trail ends up at the river - people walk it to go fishing. |
| Monday (afternoon) July 23 Today we'll find Chimney Rock. Red Mountain will be another time. Route 80c between Routes 59 and 89 was specifically enjoyable. |
| Somewhere on route 80c |
| An adult moose with youngster |
| See the young one - center, low - face staring at you. |
| At the western end of 80c - shortly before the intersection of 89 we turn a corner and are presented with the wide valley. |
| What a wide stretch for the eyes! Chimney Rock - lower right - poking up. |
| Panorama |
| Panorama |
| At the far right you notice a dark hill on the horizon. Laramie WY is on the flat land before that hill, about 25 miles away. |
| Chimney Rock |
