Going to Wheeler Geologic Area this Thursday 6/18 if anyone is interested. We're taking backroads down on Wednesday and heading to WGA early Thursday morning from Creede. It's open and should be reasonably dry, weather there has been great.
Wheeler Geologic Area
Going to Wheeler Geologic Area this Thursday 6/18 if anyone is interested. We're taking backroads down on Wednesday and heading to WGA early Thursday morning from Creede. It's open and should be reasonably dry, weather there has been great.
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Had a great time getting there, but could not do Wheeler- my dog got sick on the road out to Wheeler, the bouncing was too much for him that day, so we turned back. 7 poop bags later he was empty at both ends... otherwise an amazing trip, the best part of which was the drive down there. We put together a route that goes from Monarch Pass to Lake City with less than 12 miles of pavement, I'll post up a report / video / GPX soon. We actually turned to Creede at 149 so it was more pavement than that for us.
Brian (June 19th, 2020),JandDGreens (June 25th, 2020),Jim (June 19th, 2020),Spieg (June 19th, 2020)
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Thats on the wife and I list for August. She also want to go to Creed that same weekend. How was the road out?
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Not sure which road you mean- the road to Wheeler Geologic area is just another trail, but we had a mishap; at the trailhead we met another couple and decided to run it together. He led and thought the road split and rejoined, so we went left when we should have gone right. Turns out it was a logging operation and the "road" was about a day old and full of big holes where they had bulldozed trees out of the path and the roots left huge gaps. It was ridiculous, we managed to get back out and my dog got sick from the bouncing. We got off the trail, poor guy was sick for about an hour and we called it off, went hiking instead. Wheeler was busy- it is no longer an undiscovered gem, there are flyers and maps in town and a TON of ATVs were there on a weekday morning. We also ran the Bachelor Loop, that was cool.
The roads getting down to wheeler from Monarch Pass were incredible, one of the nicest drives I've had in a while. This is it:
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Thanks for posting the vid. Sorry to hear about the dog getting sick, been their done. Been wanting to go their years.
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That's a crazy place for a Fedex truck! I loved that area too, it's stunning all through Los Pinos Pass and Cebolla Creek. Great camping.
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