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Brewhaha



Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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Location: Monticello, UT

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:04 am    Post subject: TR - SW Colorado's Calico Trail  

For those of you wishing to find an alternate to the High Uinta Highway, I would recommend the Calico Trail in SW CO between Rico and Dunton. This trail is a 12-20 mile (depending on access) through trail that wanders through 7 or 8 named peaks and stays above 11k most of the time. The main difficulties of this trail are that water and campsites are not easily accessible. We used snowmelt while we were on top and would have had to hike down off the ridge to access any streams (doable but difficult). Also, there is only one campsite that is close to the trail. Other sites could be found by dropping off the ridge (again, doable but difficult). If anyone wants more specifics feel free to ask.

Here are some pics of the trip I took with my son.
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goofball



Joined: 17 Dec 2005
Posts: 549
Location: city of sin, sweet child of mine

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:39 pm    Post subject:  

looks liek a blast. i like colorado, very pretty. lived in durango a summer and wish i had been as into teh outdoors then as i am now. still was always out and about, even if it was lounging at lakes or going up engineer.
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accadacca



Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Location: The Interwebs

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:49 pm    Post subject:  

Very cool Brew. Nice fotos and write up. :five:
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Caddis



Joined: 10 Dec 2005
Posts: 42

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:44 pm    Post subject:  

Very nice, great picts and report. Looks like I am going to have to think about that one, definitely added to my list.

Thanks
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