Thursday, June 22, 2017

Music Pass

Saturday morning we took the van down to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness to explore a bit of Colorado we've never visited.  Parked the van at Grape Creek, grabbed some brews, and headed up to Music Pass.  Beautiful hike and the dogs had a blast.  We weren't in the mood to push the envelope, but there are an endless amount of lakes and peaks here, as well as access to Sand Dunes, and this would be a great place for a big mileage day.







Got in a good eight miles of hiking before getting back and setting up camp.  The dogs got in a few extra miles and didn't help with setup at all.





Spent a great evening doing nothing before hitting the hay.  The next morning we got up and hiked another five miles on the Rainbow Trail, which comes through Grape Creek.


This is a great area and I can't believe I haven't spent more time here.  We went from the garage to hiking in less than 2.5 hours.  Saw a few cars, but not a lot of people, so I assume there's a lot of backcountry hiking/camping going on.  We plan on returning soon, as we want to hike from Grape Creek to Medano Pass as well as the Rito Alto loop.

2 comments:

Bob Johnson said...

That looks awesome. I've only driven by the Sangre de Christo's and would love to spend time there.
Hiking Project is a great site. I've been using it to find hikes for RMNP and Grand Teton NP.

mtnrunner2 said...

Music Pass is a great area; the view when you top out overlooking the valley is pretty amazing. I was running, so I hoofed it up to the top of Cottonwood Pass, and you end up looking right across at the Crestones.

Actually all of the little valleys that lead up into that range have been fun.