Here's the CRUD e-mail for Sat's long run if anyone wants to join us. Checking out a good chunk of the upcoming Fat Ass. Will be hitting The Dive for post-run grub.
Meet at the Section 16 parking area on Lower Gold Camp Road at 7:00 a.m. See below for directions to trailhead.
Colorado Springs will be hosting the 3rd and final run of the Front Range Fat Ass Series on January 19, the Ponderous Posterior. With the Waldo Canyon fire this summer we are unable to run the route we have ran the last 2 years. This Saturday will be running the middle portion of the Ponderous Posterior.
From Section 16 parking lot up High Drive, take a left and head down Capn’t Jacks to Lower Gold Camp Road. Just before the tunnel on the left take the Spring Creek Trail down to Columbine. Up Columbine to North Cheyenne Canon Road which is the paved road. Up North Cheyenne Canon Road for about ½ mile. Head left at the dirt parking lot to Gold Camp Road which is closed to traffic. Where the road turns sharp to the left head to your right and hit the Buck Horn Trail. Up Buck Horn to Capt Jacks (Trail 667). Left on Capt Jacks(Trail 667) to Bear Creek Trail(Trail 666), down Bear Creek Trail to High Drive for ¼ mile then up Palmer Red Rocks Loop/Section 16 and back to cars. Estimated mileage 18 miles. Can cut it shorter by heading back to car when coming down High Drive instead of doing the Palmer Red Rocks Loop/Section 16.
Direction to Start:
To get to the Section 16 Trailhead , turn south on 26th Street from US Highway 24 near Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs. Continue on 26th to the 5-way intersection with Gold Camp Road, Wheeler, and Bear Creek Road. Take Upper Gold Camp Road (right turn) and follow it to the parking lot with the big sign for Section 16
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