Month: July 2004

Frenchman Creek Colorado, CO July 31, 2004 We get up and have our usual no cook breakfast of granola/breakfast bars and some Gatorade. It turns into a beautiful morning as we break camp and get ready to go. We are on the trail at 8:50 A.M. and of course we start with a climb. Carol […]

Clear Creek Road, CO Segment 12  Clear Creek Rd to North Cottonwood Creek “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” John Muir July 30, 2004 This is another long segment and we decided to backpack it. The entourage […]

 July 25, 2004 Today we are hiking the front end of segment 13. It is a fairly short day hike but has a tremendous elevation gain. After setting up the car shuttle, we begin a little after 10:00 A.M. We start at the North Cottonwood Trailhead at 9,400 feet. We cross Silver Creek and start […]

North Cottonwood Creek Road, CO Segment 13  North Cottonwood Creek Road to Chalk Creek “Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.” Steven Wright July 24, 2004 Since Segment 13 is over 22 miles we are going to do it over two days. Today will be a long day hike of 15.6 miles and […]

 Wurtz Ditch Road, CO Segment 9 Wurtz Ditch Road to Hagerman Pass Road “Walking takes longer than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed”  Edward Abbey July 4, 2004. We were up in Frisco with the kids for […]