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Dallas Regional Group Collegiate Peaks Dallas Regional Group Collegiate Peaks Backpacking Trip Monday, July 25 –Thursday, July 28, 2016 Backpackers with experience are invited to a four-day, three-night adventure in the Collegiate Peaks region of Colorado. WHERE? Our trailheads are in San Isabel and Gunnison National Forests, west of Buena Vista, slightly west of Colorado’s geographic center, in the Sawatch Range of the Rockies. Both hike options cross the Continental Divide. On the picture at right, our starting trailheads are near Mount Yale. WHEN? The outing begins Monday morning, July 25, at the starting trailhead and ends Thursday afternoon, July 28, at the ending trailhead. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the trailheads and must allow time before and after the outing for travel. Drive time from Dallas is approximately 13 hours (780 miles) plus stops. We don’t recommend driving this distance in one day. Instead, allow time for restful sleep and adjustment to high altitude before beginning the hike. Flying to Denver and renting a car to the trailhead is another travel option. The drive from the Denver Airport takes about 3½ hours via US Highway 285. AREA DESCRIPTION: The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area includes eight of Colorado’s 54 fourteeners. More are just outside its boundaries. Although our hike routes don’t summit any fourteeners, we’ll hike within an elevation range of 9,300’ to 12,600’, putting us in alpine terrain above the tree line for part of our days. The Collegiate Peaks are part of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Sawatch forms the Continental Divide and it includes Colorado’s two highest peaks, Mount Elbert and Mount Massive, just north of the Collegiate Peaks. The Sawatch landscape was formed as colliding land masses thrust up immense blocks of rock and glaciers scoured cirques and U-shaped valleys. Glacial melt dropped silt onto outwash plains, now the relatively flat slopes at the base of the mountains, clearly visible near Buena Vista and the upper Arkansas River valley. TWO HIKE OPTIONS: Texas Creek Hike: After shuttling a vehicle to the Timberline Trailhead, the hike starts at the Denny Creek Trailhead (elevation 9,900’). The group hikes 3 miles to make camp at Hartenstein Lake, (11,500’). Next day the group hikes over Brown’s Pass (12,000’) on the Continental Divide and then down to camp by Texas Creek (10,800’), a distance of about 4½ miles. On day 3, this trek hikes downstream along Texas Creek, about 5½ miles to another camp at 9,900’. Depending on time, weather and energy, the group will make a 3-mile round trip day hike to the Texas Lakes on either day 3 or 4. The trek concludes with a 3-mile climb to the Timberline Trailhead (10,700’) on day 4 and a return to the vehicles left at the starting trailhead. Total backpacking distance is about 16 miles, with another 3 miles for day hiking. This trek is moderately strenuous. Leader: Arthur Kuehne, 214.608.3210. Click to send email. Kroenke Lake Hike: This hike nearly circles 14,196’ Mount Yale. After shuttling a vehicle to the Avalanche Trailhead, the hike begins at the Denny Creek Trailhead (elevation 9,900’). The group hikes 3 miles to make camp at Hartenstein Lake, (11,500’). Next day the group hikes to Brown’s Pass (12,000’) on the Continental Divide and continues to climb via switchbacks. After reaching a maximum altitude of nearly 12,600’ and crossing the Divide twice again, the trek descends to camp by sub-alpine Kroenke Lake (11,500’), making a daily distance of about 5 miles. Day 3 is a downhill hike of approximately 6 miles, through a glaciated valley with vast meadow to a camp near the day’s low elevation of 9,400’, near a junction of the rough North Cottonwood Creek Road with the Colorado Trail. On day 4, the hike climbs south on the Colorado Trail to 11,900’ before descending to the Avalanche trailhead (9,400’). Day 4 distance is about 6 ½ miles. Total distance hiked will be about 21 miles. This trek is rated strenuous. Leader: Annie Wilson, 682.232.4980. Click to send email. COST: The Dallas Sierra Club is charging no fee to participate in this outing. Places on the trip are limited. Neither trek option will exceed twelve participants. To secure a place and to discourage cancellations that prevent others from making timely registration to participate, we require a security deposit of $70 per registrant, payable to “Dallas Sierra Club.” Your deposit is refundable upon outing participation. Conversely, if you don’t participate, your security deposit will be retained as a cancellation fee. The Dallas Sierra Club has reserved campsites to accommodate participants on the night before the outing (Sunday, July 24) and group cabins sufficient for as many as ten or twenty people on the night the outing ends (Thursday, July 28). These accommodations are optional. If you wish to utilize them, you may apply your full security deposit toward the optional accommodations. OPTIONAL PRE-OUTING AND POST-OUTING ACCOMMODATIONS: Sunday, July 24: We have reserved and prepaid fees ($29 per site) for eight campsites at the Collegiate Peaks Campground, operated by the U.S. Forest Service. The campground is between the Avalanche and Denny Creek Trailheads. It’s 11 miles west of Buena Vista on the Cottonwood Pass Road (County Road 306). The campground elevation is 9,800’. Two tents are permitted per site. Sites are equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings and grills. Vault toilets and drinking water are provided. Thursday, July 28: We have reserved two cabins suitable for up to ten people each at the Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort, 15870 County Road 162, Nathrop, Colorado. Mount Princeton Hot Springs has been well recommended as a place to relax in its creekside naturally hot water. See the resort’s website for more information: http://mtprinceton.com. Each cabin has two bedrooms with queen beds, a loft with two queen beds, a pull-out queen bed in the living room and two bathrooms. Including tax, each cabin is $478.46 and includes complimentary use of the hot springs on the arrival and departure days. Cabin check-in is 3 PM and check-out is 11 AM. Cost-sharing: Actual expenses for the optional pre-outing and post-outing accommodations (less any deposits retained as cancellation fees) will be pro-rated among participants who opt in for the accommodation package. Combined actual costs per person for the two nights could range from $62 to $125, with a likely price around $95 per person. Participants are encouraged to register early because there are limits to the numbers we can accommodate at reserved campsites and cabins and in hiking groups. Page 2 Alternative accommodations: If your outing registration (including the security deposit) has been received and accepted and you don’t opt in for pre-trip and post-trip accommodations, you should arrange your own accommodations for July 24 and 28. Summer is high season in this part of Colorado, so overnight accommodations near the trailheads may become unavailable and prices will be at peak rates. Try to sleep at a high elevation on July 24 to acclimatize to the lower oxygen level. The elevation at Collegiate Peaks Campground is 9,800’. REGISTRATION: After carefully reading this complete trip description: 1. Complete the Medical Form. 2. Complete the Participant Preference and Experience Form. 3. Complete the Release of Liability Form. 4. Mail the three forms and your $70 security deposit check to Trip Coordinator Mark Stein, 3631 Normandy Ave., Dallas, TX 75205. Make the check to “Dallas Sierra Club.” Sorry, a copy or email of the release is not acceptable. Our attorneys require an original signature on the release. You are registered after these four items have been received and your participation has been approved by the trip coordinator and leaders, who may contact you to discuss your previous backpacking experience or health. If the leaders find this outing unsuitable for you, the Club will return your deposit. Cancellation Policy: Notify the trip coordinator if you must cancel. See the Travel Insurance paragraph below. On rare occasions the Dallas Sierra Club must cancel or change trips. The Dallas Sierra Club is not responsible for airfares or other payments you incur that are a consequence of a trip cancellation or change. Travel Insurance: We strongly encourage you to purchase travel insurance to cover non-refundable expenses in the event you or the Dallas Sierra Club cancels a trip, medical expenses incurred on a trip, and possible medical evacuation from a trip. CAR POOLS: To avoid liability, the Sierra Club and its leaders do not assign people to car pools. If you’d consider forming or joining car pool, the trip coordinator can exchange your interest and contact information with other participants. It’s a good idea to agree before the trip about how transportation expenses will be shared and whether you plan to camp or stay in motels on the outbound and inbound drives. Transportation is ultimately your own responsibility. Mount Yale from the Arkansas River valley PREPARATIONS, RULES AND CAUTIONS: Experience and Conditioning: This outing is for people who have backpacked before and who are in good physical condition. You and the trip coordinator should be confident of your ability to complete a four-day hike at high altitude. Backpacking at high altitude is more difficult than backpacking at elevations near sea level. Your body requires time to adjust to air with less oxygen. Contact the trip coordinator or one of the trip leaders to discuss your readiness.
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