Highlighted Areas
This trail is located in the Chalk Creek canyon, home to Mt. Princeton, Mt. Antero, the historic townsite of St. Elmo and numerous four-wheel drive roads. The trail ends at Agnes Vaille Falls, a small waterfall that cascades from a rocky shelf below Mt. Princeton (14,197 feet). The trail is short and considered relatively easy for most hikers. Interpretive signs detailing the history of the falls and nearby mountain peaks and views of the historic Denver, South Park and Pacific railroad grade.
The trailhead is located directly across from Chalk Lake campground. Parking is available for about 12 vehicles.
Developed Campground Camping with the following Attractions: Hiking, fishing, bicycling, motorcycle and ATV. Access to Squirrel Creek, 2nd Mace, Silver Circle multiuse trails. Also access to Dome Rock and South Creek. ATV use is prohibited on Dome Rock and South Creek trails.
Informational kiosks for this self-guided, 180-mile tour highlights many points of interest, scenery, and amenities found on the Carrizo Unit including the Granada-Fort Union military road, Carrizo and Picture canyons, the Prairie Chicken viewing area, and the Aubry cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail. Roads are good when dry, but use caution if wet.
A scenic drive through the Wet Mountains of the San Isabel National Forest. For more information visit www.frontierpathways.org .
Lost Creek Wilderness was officially designated in the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1980. Today it totals 119,790 acres. Elevations range from 8,000 to 12,400 feet above sea level. Lost Creek was named after a creek of the same name that repeatedly disappears undergound only to reappear again further downstream where it ultimately becomes Goose Creek.
There are nearly 130 miles of trails that traverse tree-lined mountain parks, fascinating rounded granite domes, and rare granite arches. Black bears, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, and bobcats share the region. Vegetation includes ponderosa, bristlecone, and lodgepole pine, aspen, spruce, fir, and alpine tundra.
Picket Wire Canyon
The dinosaur tracksite is located in Picket Wire Canyon on the banks of the Purgatoire River in southeast Colorado. The tracksite is the largest documented assemblage of trackways in North America.
Over 1400 prints in 100 separate trackways extend across a quarter mile expanse of bedrock.
What did cowboys think of these trackways?
How did a young school girl reveal these tracks to the world?
Why did the rock layer with the tracks, crack so uniformly?
Guides will answer all these questions and more!
For a unique and unforgettable family experience tour Picket Wire Canyonlands. This auto tour is the only motorized access into Picket Wire Canyon.
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