Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Shallow Creek Trail

What a gorgeous hike!! We hiked up the REAL Shallow Cr. trail for about 2.5 miles to the yurt, had lunch and came back down, enjoying the foliage both ways. The beavers have cleared all of the aspen within 100 yards of the stream, they have to hike straight up the side of the mountain for any more aspen to harvest, must be really tough little guys.

We will plan on a moonlight hike this Saturday night, meet at Shaw Mesa about 530 PM for hot dogs, chili, s'mores and whatever you would like to bring to share with the group. The Full Moon is on Sunday and will be "the harvest moon" which should be larger than ever.............so bring your chairs and something to share, I will have the fire going and bring the hot dogs, cappuccino, hot water, buns and tortillas.

We will plan on hiking into Sawmill Park next Tuesday providing the foliage turns down here, otherwise we will go back to a higher elevation.............meet at the VCPL by 9 AM, bring lunch, water and a friend..

Dennis
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Miner's Creek Trail

started out to hike the Shallow Cr. trail but ended up hiking the Miners Cr. trail instead; due to confusion on my part....but it worked out OK. We hadn't hiked this trail for several years due to the difficult stream crossings, but they have put in 2 bridges to make it easier. We crossed one difficult crossing and some folks decided not to risk it so we split up. We went up about 2 1/2 miles to a sunny spot among the rocks and had our lunch. On the way back out we cut some poles and built up the difficult crossing to where it is now an easy crossing for the next folks. The Aspen are simply beautiful, nothing else to say about them........

We will hike the real Shallow Cr. trail next week, the colors should still be great so meet at the VCPL before 9AM, bring lunch, water, camera and a friend.

Dennis

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Trout Creek Trl

We hiked up the Trout Cr. trail for a ways, went to Susan McNeil's house and had a great lunch! Thanks to everyone for furnishing so much good food, I don't think we could stand too many of these kinds of hikes............

We will do a "color" hike next Tuesday, meet at the VCPL at 9 AM, bring water, lunch and a friend.

Hope to see you there............

Dennis

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Model T Park

We changed our hike to the Model T Park hike, it was looking pretty stormy over Wolf Cr. Pass. We went in a different way than before, we found an old logging road that had recently been cleared of the downed trees in the burned area and we followed it to the Model T...........

The wild flowers are nearly gone at this elevation (9990 feet), if you want fresh flowers you will have to go higher up. We got rained on just enough to have to put on our raingear, the first time this has happened all year (as I recall) so we have been pretty lucky.

Next weeks hike will be a short one, Susan McNeil is having a carry in dinner at her house; she is furnishing the hamburgers, buns, drinks and table ware, all we need to do is bring a covered dish to share with the group.............

Meet at the VCPL at 9 AM, bring water, a friend and something to share with the group.

Dennis

Friday, September 4, 2009

Shaw Mesa Moonlight hike

It finally happened! Great weather and a fully visible Full Moon, and a nice campfire with lots of good food to eat. There were 22 of us that took a chance on the weather and it really paid off for us as the showers went around us and the wind died down as twilight approached.

We hiked over to the overlook and could see most of the valley, the haze hid the Sand Dunes from us but it was still a tremendous sight...................

The Hope Cr. trail has been cleared, so it was suggested we do a "crossover hike" from Silver Pass to Alberta Lake on the Continental Divide Trail next Tuesday. Meet at the VCPL before 9 AM, bring your lunch, water and a friend........

Thanks to all of the help last night in making it a very enjoyable evening, you are appreciated.

Dennis