San Juan Mountains + Yampa Bench Road at Dinosaur National Monument
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was invited to join the Early CJ-5 group on their yearly Colorado
trails trip. The full group will travel Monday thru Thursday. Friday is
an extra day for those who wish to add another trail - I'm game for
Friday and Imogene Pass will be added as an up-n-back from the Ouray
side. After this trail I split from the remaining group to head home -
via Yampa Bench Road which has been on my ToDo list for some time. |
| Overview of the complete trip - Fort Collins to S/W Colorado magestic sights with a dip into Utah at Dinosaur National Monument and back to Fort Collins. |
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Elevation profile for the trip - home to home. |
July 10 - Sunday
Travel from Fort Collins to camp south of Montrose
362 miles, elapsed time 13h 5m
Photo set: FULL (13) HIGHLIGHTS (8)
July 11 - Monday
Camp south of Montrose to Mineral Creek > Poughkeepsie Gulch > California Pass > Engineer Pass > camp on-trail
48 miles, elapsed time 9h 23m
Photo set: FULL (141) HIGHLIGHTS (59)
July 12 - Tuesday
Engineer Pass trail camp > Lake City > Cinnamon Pass > California Pass > Hurricane Pass > Corkscrew Pass > camp on-trail
50 miles, elapsed time 9h
Photo set: FULL (77) HIGHLIGHTS (45)
July 13 - Wednesday
Corkscrew Pass trail camp > US-550 > Black Bear Pass > Telluride > Ophir > camp on-trail
31 miles, elapsed time 10h 52m
Photo set: FULL (77) HIGHLIGHTS (32)
July 14 - Thursday
Ophir trail camp > Ophir Pass > US-550 > Red Mountain Mining District (U.S. Basin) > Mineral Creek >
Poughkeepsie Gulch > Hurricane Pass > Corkscrew Pass > camp south of Montrose
76 miles, elapsed time 11h 26m
Photo set: FULL (136) HIGHLIGHTS (56)
July 15 - Friday
Camp south of Montrose > Ouray > Imogene Pass > Ouray > Grand Junction > Rangely
225 miles, elapsed time 12h 21m
Photo set: FULL (67) HIGHLIGHTS (29)
July 16 - Saturday
Rangely > Dinosaur National Monument Yampa Bench Road > Steamboat Springs > Fort Collins
333 miles, elapsed time 15h 34m
Photo set: FULL (171) HIGHLIGHTS (75)