Let's hike!
After half mile into hike, trail across FR road 560 which lead toward back country and great campsites in this area.
Great morning and great view
About mile 1.9 there is a trail junction to Shinglemill bike trail
Keep on hiking on CT
what a surrounding view
I got to mark where we hike and making sure we were not lost.
we were at mile 5.6 at junction of Tramway bike trail.
At another bike trail junction call Green Mountain about mile 6.3
Up to this point of hiking, we were about half way done and about 11am. We only met on hiker on this trail whose hiking name is Tikka. He seems like a very nice guy and hike around the world. He hiked through from segment 13 down to segment 1 on CT, He hiked continental divide and bike cross country. He planned to finish it by Monday which he planned to meet up with his friend's friend in Parker. He had 2nd thought that he might be able to finish it by Sunday night. We offered to him that we could swing by around 6pm if he there and took him to where he need to be. Well Sunday night came, we totally forgot to drive to check on him and who know if he made it that evening. Guess what I was driving on Monday out of our neighborhood, he was walking along Wadsworth toward C470. Forgot to mention we live not far from waterton canyon which started of segment 1 where he had to finish back. I drove back home, told Brad that I saw Tikka walking, we need to take him to where he needed to be. I felt bad for last night we forgot and what a chance I ran into him again. We all drove out include Coop and he was resting underneath the highway bridge of C470 and Wadsworth. He was surprised when he saw us pull over and offer him a lift and called person who he supposed to meet in Parker. We drove him to Parker Library where he would be picked up. It's pretty crazy. Even though we forgot about him, we did get to help him on his journey!
The rest we met on this trail was all bikers. So far up to this point, where in CT book mention for creek crossing, it was not much of a creek or water to really filter for drink.
At mile 7 it's junction for Buffalo Creek campground
Cooper still looked good for more than half way through this segment
Reaching the country road which led to the Meadow campground at mile 7.6
CT this way
At mile 8 it's only reliable source of water on this segment where Buffalo creek is
Official sign for riffle range nearby around mile 9
We had heard gun shot all around us most of this hike. It was sure really loud and quite often in this area. Felt like a walking target on this trail. Cooper was doing pretty well even though he was spook with gunshot sound. He seems to learn to get used to it but still a little scare. It was a training..
We were getting so close to be done. Main road junction to parking lot ahead of us!
Last stretch to parking lot end of this segment.
Our GPS information for our route for 12.5 mile and approx 1600 ft elevation gain.
Direction:
Getting to Little Scraggy TH: Drive south on Hwy 285 approximately 32 miles to Pine Junction. At traffic light, turn left on Pine Junction road or Jefferson County Rd (CR) 126. Drive on CR12 for approximately 13 miles, turn right on FR550. For a short drive after your turn, there is parking lot at Little Scraggy TH. It cost $6/day for parking here.
Getting to FS Rd560 (Wellington Lake Rd) TH: Drive south on Hwy 85 to Bailey. Turn left in town of Bailey on Park County Rd 68. This is a pave road for a mile, then it turn to gravel road. It's not required a 4x4 vehicle to drive on this road. Continue on this road and it will turn to FS Rd 560 for 6 miles then you will reach Y junction. Continue on your right for approximately 1.5 miles, see small parking area on your right and sign for Colorado Trail. Turn right and continue driving up road to parking lot for segment 4 trailhead. This is end of segment 3.
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