Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1
How to Use This Book 11
Map Legend 13
The Hikes
The Weminuche Wilderness 15
1 Highland Mary Lakes Loop 16
2 Mobs Trail to Elk Park 21
3 Crater Lake 24
4 Elk Park/Chicago Basin Shuttle Hike 27
5 Purgatory Creek/Animas River Trails 35
6 Lime Mesa 39
7 Endlich Mesa/Burnt Timber Shuttle Hike 43
8 Lake Eileen Trail 48
9 Vallecito Creek Trail 51
10 Cave Basin Trail 56
11 Pine Paver/Flint Creek Semiloop 59
12 Divide Lakes 66
13 Granite Lake 70
14 Williams Creek to the Continental Divide 74
15 Palisade Meadows 78
16 Piedra Falls 80
17 Fourmile Lake Loop 83
18 Turkey Creek Trail 88
19 West Fork San Juan Trail 93
20 South Fork/Archuleta Lake Semiloop 96
21 Hope Creek Trail 101
22 Kitty Creek Trail 105
23 Hunters Lake Loop 108
24 Highline Trail 111
25 Fisher Mountain 114
26 Ivy Creek Trail to the Continental Divide 118
27 Fern Creek to the Continental Divide Trail 122
28 Ruby Lakes/Red Lakes Semiloop 126
29 Squaw Pass 129
30 Weminuche Pass Area 133
31 The Window 137
32 Ute Creek Semiloop 140
33 Starvation Pass 145
The Continental Divide Trail in the Weminuche Wilderness 148
34 Wolf Creek Pass to Sawtooth Mountain 149
35 Sawtooth Mountain to Trout Lake 153
36 Trout Lake to Weminuche Pass 159
37 Wemmuche Pass to Stony Pass 164
The South San Juan Wilderness 172
38 Summit Peak via Quartz Creek 173
39 Little Blanco Trail to Quartz Lake 177
40 Little Blanco Trail from Junction of Quartz Lake Trail to Continental Divide 181
41 Fish Lake Trail 184
42 Flattop Mountain 188
43 Opal Lake Trailhead to Leche Creek Trail 192
44 Navajo Peak/Leche Creek Trails Shuttle Hike 194
The Continental Divide Trail in the South San Juan Wilderness 198
45 Continental Divide Trail (Cumbres Pass to Elwood Pass) Shuttle Hike 199
46 Red Lake Trail 208
47 Duck Lake Trail 211
48 Elk Creek/Valle Victoria Semiloop 214
49 Ruybalid Lake via Ruybalid Trailhead 220
50 Victoria Lake via Ruybalid Trailhead 224
51 South Fork/Roaring Gulch Semiloop 227
52 Bear Lake Trail 232
53 Conejos Peak Semiloop 235
54 Conejos Peak from Tobacco Lake Trailhead 239
55 Adams Fork to Summit Peak 241
56 Blue Lake via Three Forks 244
57 Conejos River Semiloop 247
58 Montezuma Peak from Elwood Pass 251
59 Crater Lake Trail 254
Trail Finder: Authors Favorites 256
Appendix: For More Information 260
About the Author 263
