Length 13.1 miElevation gain 4,878 ftRoute type Out & back. Photo by Charles Baxter. Lots of wet weather and several guide operations setting up for the coming archery season. Moderate 4.4 (45) Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. %PDF-1.6 % on official, secure websites. On the north side of the range, the gravel, but relatively smooth, Forest Service Road 10 generally parallels the county road. And not just because of that color naming conflict. The Forest Service has abandoned all maintenance, so vegetation is threatening to obscure or reclaim the trail in several places. (719) 553-1400 Located in the Wet mountains, it dominates the surrrounding landscape. No other wilderness area in Colorado offers such a vast display of the ecosystem. Try this 13.1-mile out-and-back trail near Rye, Colorado. As far as I could tell there is not a designated trail to the top. Unusual for Colorado, Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness has no lakes and no towering alpine peaksand, consequently, few human visitors. Olive Lake, on the north side of the range, is one of the larger lakes in the Blue Mountains. This route is a 12.5 mile out and back hike with an elevation gain of 5098 feet. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 32 min to . Greenhorn Mountain offers some of the most remote and lightly used wilderness in the state. 7 0 obj <> endobj From here, the Bartlett Trail climbs steep drainages west and south. Wilderness Collegiate Peaks Raggeds West Elk Wilderness Fossil Ridge Wilderness Mount Sneffels Wilderness La Garita Wilderness Lizard Head Wilderness Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Weminuche Wilderness Spanish Peaks Wilderness South San Juan Wilderness James Peak Wilderness Mount Massive Wilderness Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Sangre de Cristo Treat all non-potable water before consuming. The prominent 12,352-foot (3,765 m) peak is located in the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest , 5.2 miles (8.4 km) southwest by west ( bearing 238) of the Town of Rye , Colorado , United States , on the boundary between Huerfano and Pueblo counties . Don't knowingly lie about anyone Vinegar Hill is the highest point in the Greenhorn Mountains where the Gold Rush hit in the early 1860's as it did across much of Eastern Oregon. No matter where you looked there were mountains. The Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness was designated by Congress in 1993 and it now has a total of 23,087 acres. If you're willing to brave the dense woodlands and rough topography, you'll find few places with as much solitude. (Geographers generally treat the Wallowas as separate from the Blue Mountains, as do Lewis A. McArthur and his son, Lewis L. McArthur, in their inimitable opus, Oregon Geographic Names. But being neither a geographer nor an author, I feel no such constraints. Whatever the reason, Greenhorn Mountain's inclusion in the wilderness system was a welcome addition. Sign up for our Daily Headlines newsletter, Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. The town of Fairplay is a gateway to the Mount .
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