Current Trail Report

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#1

I hiked Segment 4 - mile 10.7 to Segment 5 - mile 7.2 over Memorial Day weekend.

The Colorado Trail Foundation volunteers have done a great job maintaining the trail. The reroute dropping from the saddle at the headwaters of the North Fork of Lost Creek to Long Gulch is very well done. The winter was very gentle on the trail and there is very little blow-down. The trail was snow-free except for the corn snow that fell over the weekend.

WARNING: The section I hiked was all southern aspect and a high of only 10,800 ft. The north slope coming down from Georgia Pass will not be snow-free for at least a month. There was waist deep snow at 11,700 on the north side of Kenosha Ridge. The overnight low at 11,300 on the Ben Tyler Trail was 28.2 degrees on May 28-29.

CT thru hikers have a great experience waiting for them.

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#2

I was up at Kenosha Pass today, and it was marvelous. I day hiked the back end of Section 5 (from Rock Creek to the Kenosha Pass parking area. The trail is in great shape. There is still plenty of snow in the South and Western vistas on the distal side of South Park. JMO, but I think a mid to late June start will be fine, even though the weather folk are calling for snow tomorrow night for the high country. Sections #1 - 5, and at least part of 6 are fine right now. The stream/water situation seems very favorable this year. Have fun.

TrailGuy