Jim Creek Trail

A rainy-day hike took us up Jim Creek Trail near the Winter Park Ski Resort, with my brother, Mike and Lori along for the ride (er, hike). Due to the protective sheltering trees the entire way, Jim Creek was our best bet this day due to the nasty early morning weather. BTW: Mike, a former Grand County local, brought his new wife out to Colorado for their honeymoon.

Elevation at Trailhead: 9224'
Elevation at Destination: 10,449'
One-way Mileage: 3.58


 
 
 

Roger's Pass, Colorado

I went on a short day hike to Roger's Pass along the Continential Divide in Winter Park, CO with Adrianne and Webster recently. Started late and because of that, the clouds chased us off right as we made the destination.

Heart Lake, which is just on the east side of the divide, can be seen in a few of the pictures below. Wish I had the energy and the time to catch the large trout living in it... Though, I wasn't up for the climb back up a steep cornice (Webster was up for it though).

Corona Pass or Rollins Pass is the service road which privides access to the trailhead. This road is a defunct railroad passage from the early 1900's - pictures and more history of Corona Pass to come later.

Elevation at Trailhead: 11,081'
Elevation at Destination: 11,918'
One-way Milage: 2.52

Annual Devil's Thumb Hike

We headed up for short am hike towards Devil's Thumb to stretch the legs on a day off from work. Here are some of the results.

Elevation at Trailhead: 9,609'
Elevation at Destination: 12,236' *
One-way Mileage: 3.93

*Sorry, we didn't make it to the top of the thumb trail due to large snow drifts halfway up. It still turned out to be a nice morning hike though.