Summer 2007 Gain Tues
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Day Outing Description Rating Date Total Please e-mail schedule changes or updates to Wally at Departure [email protected]. Length Time & & Elevation Departure Place Summer 2007 Gain Tues. June 12 SO! General Meeting & Pot Luck Dinner Celebrate Summer's arrival & pick up the new Summer Outings Schedule. Bring 6:30 PM - Social a 7PM - Pot Luck dish for 8 with serving utensil and your own table service. Rec Center A-F Dessert G-M Main Dish N-R Salad S-Z Main Dish Wednesday Wanderers Hike the Jones Creek Trail through the pine and Wed. June 13 aspen. Easy+ 8:30 AM No RSVP. Dogs on lease OK. 4 miles Rec Center Leader: Chris Wiehage 259-0882 Hike the Vallecito Creek Trail. We'll hike up the scenic Vallecito Valley along Fri, June 15 the Moderate creek as far as the first bridge. Most of this hike is in the Weminuche 8:30 AM Wilderness. 6 miles Animas City Park Carpool $4 1000' RSVP: Norm Broad [email protected] preferred, or 259-0569 Bike from Lemon Dam to Lost Lake (New to SO!). This ride will cruise along Sat. June 16 the eastern shore of Lemon Reservoir then climb up to the Florida Campground. 9:30 AM From Moderate Animas City Park there, we'll take a 4WD road up another 1 1/2 miles to the T.H. and then 3/4 mile 14 miles 10:00 AM through the woods to Lost Lake. We'll eat lunch there and return. 1000' Lemon Dam Mountain bikes necessary. No dogs. Carpool $3 RSVP: Olin Kane 375-0060, [email protected] Annual Spud Mtn. Climb & Birthday Celebration. Enjoy a really fun hike/climb up a local landmark. No trail. Some steepness, rock scrambling and exposure Tue. June 19 involved. 9:00 AM Group must stay together. Option to wait at base of rocky peak to avoid rock Hard scrambling but you'll miss the Dynamite Views! Help John and Connie celebrate Animas City Park their 3 miles 9:30 AM birthdays (10 years apartwhich is which?) 1840' DMR Limit 10. Dogs OK but not for the final rock scramble. Carpool $4 RSVP: John Montle 259-9469 Co-Leader: Connie Webbe Wednesday Wanderers. Hike the Power Line Trail with great views of Durango Wed. June 20 and 8:30 AM the LaPlatas. Easy Albert's Lot No RSVP. Dogs on leash OK. 4 miles SW Corner Leader: Joan Huntley 385-7723 Hike Beaver Meadows (New to SO!) We'll hike from Beaver Meadows (NE of Bayfield) to the 1st fork TH on the Piedra River. This is a through hike that starts Thur. June 21 at Hard for 9400' and goes downhill and then has "rolling" terrain. It is a lovely hike and is 7:30 AM rated Moderate Santa Rita Park hard for moderate because of length, not elevation gain. 9-10 miles Dogs OK. Carpool $7 minimal RSVP: Jim Shadid 884-4612 altitude gain Mountain Biking to Animas Overlook. We'll bike to Animas Overlook on Mon. June 25 Junction Creek on a gravel road; not on the Colorado Trail. This is a good endurance ride 8:00 AM with Hard for Colorado Trail parking steady and gradual increase in elevation, but coming down is a fast kick. Moderate lot at Junction Creek Carpool $1. No Dogs. Limit 6. 16 miles RSVP: Nancy Federico 259-1949, [email protected] 1,924 Hike Haflin Creek. Hike this challenging favorite, close to town, up to Tues. June 26 Missionary 9AM Ridge and back. Most of this hike is in the MR fire zone. Bring a snack. Hard for Animas City Park Moderate 9:15 Trailhead NO dogs. Carpool $1 7 miles on CR 250 RSVP: Brooks Taylor 382-0165 or [email protected] 2200' Wed. June 27 Wednesday Wanderers Hike Dry Creek Easy+ 8:30 AM No RSVP 3 miles SW Corner Albertsons Leader: Rosemary Ennis 385-4463 Hike Slide Rock We'll drive up Junction Creek approx. 18 miles to the Colorado Trail. Then hike with significant elevation gain through a forest, then on a loose Thur. June 28 gravel Moderate trail. The goal is the mine and outhouse for spectacular views! Optional short 7:30 AM steep 3 miles Animas City Park climb for view of Kennebec Pass. Some exposure. 1,400' 4WD convenient. Carpool $5. Dogs OK but limited Leader: Norm Broad, Prefer e-mail [email protected], 259-0569 Hike to Lake Eileen On the way up to the lake, we'll check to see how the forest is recovering from the MR fire. Perhaps we'll still find "Golden Smoke," the rare Fri. June 29 plant Moderate that appeared after the fire as a result of altered soil conditions. Two hiking 8:00 AM poles are 3-4 miles Animas City Park strongly recommended for maintaining balance as we cross Lost Creek on a log. 1100' Limited to 12. Carpool $4. No Dogs RSVP: Dave Rich 247-8044 or co-leader Jenny Wrenn 497-2803 Hike Mountain View Crest. Beautiful hike through woods, meadows, rock form- Hard for mod mations & finally up to a high elevation ridge (13,000') with views guaranteed to Sat. June 30 knock hikers 8:00 AM your socks off. 4WD necessary. Limit 15. Carpool $7, Dogs OK 6 miles Animas City Park RSVP: John Martin 247-2581 2000' Mon. July 2 Hike Purgatory Trail We'll hike down to the Animas River Footbridge. This is an and back trek down to the River for Lunch. The Major elevation gain is a 900' 7:30 AM climb Moderate the last mile back to the TH. Early turn-backs are OK. Need someone to meet Animas City Park group 8 miles 8:00 AM at Animas City Park. 1100' Trail Head Carpool $3. Dogs OK Leader: Susan Balas-Whitfield 259-0774 Tues. July 3 Wednesday Wanderers (on Tuesday) hike the Escalante Trail Easy Santa Rita Park No RSVP 3-4 miles 8:30 AM Leader: Trish Pegram 382-8248 4th of July Coal Creek-Jura Knob-Deer Creek Hike up Coal Creek Trail to the ridge north Sat. July 7 of Hard Engineer Mts (above tree line.) Continue up the ridge to Jura Knob, (option to 7:00 AM climb 6.5 miles Animas City Park the knob, some rock scrambling is required.) Wild flowers and views abound. 2314' 7:30 AM Descend via Deer Creek Trail. Carpool $6 including DMR RSVP: Jim O'Brien 375-1693 Jura Knob Hike Colorado Trail from Kennebec Pass We'll hike from the top of Kennebec Pass Hard down to the first access of the Colorado Trail ending at the Junction Creek Mon. July 9 parking 20 miles lot/trail head, where we can arrange for pick up. This hike has a lot of up & 6:00 AM downs, start at Double Tree Hotel forest & open meadows & a pretty horseshoe waterfall. This hike is rated hard 10,340' because of the distance, there is no elevation gain. If you want a short hike parking lot there is an end at optional 3 mile hike to Taylor Lake. Limit 10. Carpool $6. Dogs OK 6,900' Leader: Nancy Federico 259-1949 or [email protected] Tues. July 10 SO! General Meeting Robert Winslow, a local nature photographer, will show some of his work and 6:30 Social give us 7 PM Meeting tips on photographing the outdoors. Rec. Center Wed. July 11 Wednesday Wanderers hike Animas Mountain 8:30 AM No RSVP. Moderate Rec Center Leader: Ed Osterman 259-8741 4 miles Climb Hesperus Mountain in the La Plata's. Begins at 10,900' and the summit is at Wed. July 11 13,232'. Call Ted for info on the climb or check Pixler's book. Hard 7:00 AM 4WD convenient. Carpool $8. No Dogs 5 miles Santa Rita Park Leader: John Bregar 385-1814. Co-leader: Ted Keller 382-0556 2300' Climb Handies Peak (14,048) A great warm-up hike for the Fourteeners Thur. July 12 Marathon, Hard 7:00 AM or a good "starter" fourteener if you have never done one. 3 miles Animas City Park 4WD necessary. Carpool $13. Dogs OK 2250' 7:30 DMR Besty Petersen 259-5417 or betsyp@ frontier.net pace, but come prepared for any weather. Carpool $8. Dogs OK 4WD Fri. July 13 necessary. Hard for 8:30 AM Ridge, lunch on ridge, and return down the Red Creek Trail. Moderate Fire Station #5 Carpool $1. Limit 12. 4WD convenient est. 10-11 (234/240) Leader: Brooks Taylor 332-0165 or e-mail [email protected] 1900' Hike Lower Piedra River Fairly easy hike along the Piedra River. The trail follows Sat. July 14 the river. There are lots of moderate ups and downs but no significant elevation Moderate changes. The trail head is about 12 miles north of US Hwy 160 & the Piedra 8:30 AM River. 5-8 miles Santa Rita Park There is a campground close. Carpool $9. Dogs OK 300' +/- Leader: Olin Kane 375-0060 or [email protected] Fourteener Marathon IV Monday July 16 through Thursday July 19 Day 1-Drive on your own (carpool) to Rico Hotel Day 2-Climb El Diente (14,159) from Kilpacker Basin TH 12 miles/4100'. Day 3-Climb Wilson Peak (14,017) from Silverpick TH 7 miles/3600' (Roach p. 266) Alternative Option: Climb San Migual (13,752) 8 miles/3600' (Col's High 13ers Mon. July 16 p. HARD through 176) Move to Ridgeway Lodge Day 4-Climb Mt. Sneffels (14,150 from E.