Awesome off road trail. Not easy but not too tough either. Only a few skid plate contacts and nobody got stuck. (Tacoma with 3” lift and 285’s)
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Key to this hike is finding informal stock trail that cuts around flanks of Matterhorn to saddle, during descent of Wetterhorn. This saves time and elevation. Where Wetterhorn trail leaves boulder field around 12,400 ft look to the left at the stream between Wetterhorn and Matterhorn. The stock trail starts from the last point before the stream starts to descend into the steep-sided gully.
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First 14’er for me and wow what a great hike. Great views all the way up. We took a 4x4 up to the upper trailhead which was also a fun little ride in the Jeep (definitely need a 4x4). It’s definitely a little strenuous though and coming from TX I was feeling the altitude a bit afterwards.
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This one is a good trail. As of 7/23/19 the road is closed about .5 miles to the lake. Easy hike if you’re in for some beautiful views!
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This hiker only modification to the popular Village Trail takes you directly to or from the Mountain Village core and the Gondola. The very bottom is in the Telski Bike Park so use caution in this area including leashing up a dog.
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In Telluride the Bear Creek trail. After 2.5 miles a gorgeous water falls. You can use switch backs to hike to the top. We steep sections and single track but fairly moderate to easy.
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July 1 2019 - tons of snow up there still. Gorgeous views of Arastra Gulch, Silver Lake Basin, Kendall Mountain, etc. Stopped at the first stream crossing due to thin snow bridge across it. Several downed trees covering the trail on the north side that we had to navigate.
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I started out at 950 am and hiked the Ouray end of the Dallas trail out and back. Very good for the most part. The was one tree I needed to crawl under and several more to climb over. Most of the streams were easy crossings. Moonshine Park was fabulous with great views of the Cimarrons. I wanted to get better pictures of the Sneffels range so extended the hike about 1/3 mile up a hill into a small park. Takes almost as long to come down 3000 ft as going up because of steep switchbacks near the beginning. Finished at 345. My wife and pup picked me up at the trailhead and we went into Ridgway, True Grit Cafe, for a well-earned Salmon, cranberry, almond, and blue cheese salad and a lot of tea. Highly recommended!
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This is a great trail inconvenient to Ouray until the snow melts up high
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