Day 1:
Left work a bit early and we stayed in Buffalo Creek/Cheeseman Reservoir area. This area gets way more traffic than I like for camping, but it was accessible for friends w/ a car and close enough for them to Denver. Probably will shy away in the future.
Day 2:
We drove down to Cripple creek, drove Shelf Road to Canyon City. From Canyon city we drove County Road 143 to Westcliffe. We drove south from there to Medano Pass into Sand Dunes NP. That was a pretty awesome drive. We were originally planning to camp around there, but we were way ahead of schedule so we went down to Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument. We took road H to road G and crossed the bridge to the west side of the Rio Grande. From there we kinda lost our phone GPS (this is something I need to fix). Anyway we meandered south, found an awesome campsite.
Driving into Medano Pass:
Near Medano Pass:
Campsite:
Day 3:
We drove from our campsite down to the John Dunn Bridge to cross the Rio Grande. We went down to Taos, did a bit of hiking on the shoulder of the ski resort. Then made our way to a campsite just north of red river up the Mallette Canyon.
Day 4:
There is all kinds of cool wheeling around Red River as it turns out. We drove up to Goose Lake - this was awesome. It was kinda busy w/ rental side-by-sides which is kind of a PITA, but not too bad. The alpine lake was really neat to throw a few casts into. Theres a pretty fun water crossing at the bottom of this route that filters out the faint of heart.
Day 5:
We drove up Greenie Peak then down to the Lagunita Saddle down to Cabresto Lake. Lots of cool stuff to see around here and very little traffic. The view from the summit of Greenie was pretty epic.
I've gotta work on taking more action shots.
Left work a bit early and we stayed in Buffalo Creek/Cheeseman Reservoir area. This area gets way more traffic than I like for camping, but it was accessible for friends w/ a car and close enough for them to Denver. Probably will shy away in the future.
Day 2:
We drove down to Cripple creek, drove Shelf Road to Canyon City. From Canyon city we drove County Road 143 to Westcliffe. We drove south from there to Medano Pass into Sand Dunes NP. That was a pretty awesome drive. We were originally planning to camp around there, but we were way ahead of schedule so we went down to Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument. We took road H to road G and crossed the bridge to the west side of the Rio Grande. From there we kinda lost our phone GPS (this is something I need to fix). Anyway we meandered south, found an awesome campsite.
Driving into Medano Pass:
Near Medano Pass:
Campsite:
Day 3:
We drove from our campsite down to the John Dunn Bridge to cross the Rio Grande. We went down to Taos, did a bit of hiking on the shoulder of the ski resort. Then made our way to a campsite just north of red river up the Mallette Canyon.
Day 4:
There is all kinds of cool wheeling around Red River as it turns out. We drove up to Goose Lake - this was awesome. It was kinda busy w/ rental side-by-sides which is kind of a PITA, but not too bad. The alpine lake was really neat to throw a few casts into. Theres a pretty fun water crossing at the bottom of this route that filters out the faint of heart.
Day 5:
We drove up Greenie Peak then down to the Lagunita Saddle down to Cabresto Lake. Lots of cool stuff to see around here and very little traffic. The view from the summit of Greenie was pretty epic.
I've gotta work on taking more action shots.
