{"id":2922,"date":"2012-06-28T10:42:40","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T16:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2013-08-06T16:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T22:13:24","slug":"co-trail-segment-10-timberline-lake-to-wilderness-boundary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/co-trail-segment-10-timberline-lake-to-wilderness-boundary\/","title":{"rendered":"CO Trail Segment 10:  Timberline Lake to Wilderness Boundary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After riding the <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/co-trail-segment-11-mt-massive-to-clear-creek\/\">11th segment<\/a>, I headed to Leadville for an early dinner and a beer, then thought about where I should camp for the night.  Then I realized that the 10th segment was only 3.3 miles each way, and that there was plenty of camping to be found around Turquoise Lake.  So, I was off to my second trailhead of the day, despite my full stomach.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=213316166080488564714.0004e34e2ff362de78e37&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=39.271202,-106.435633&amp;spn=0.027047,0.026539&amp;t=p&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small>View <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=213316166080488564714.0004e34e2ff362de78e37&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=39.271202,-106.435633&amp;spn=0.027047,0.026539&amp;t=p&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">seg 10.kml<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n<p>When I started this project, I wondered about my decision to try riding <em>all<\/em> of the legal sections.  Here I was, driving to a trailhead for a measly 3.3 miles.  But of course it&#8217;s a bit of a slippery slope- if 3 miles is too short to bother with, what about 5 miles?  10?  So in the end it seemed better to simply say &#8220;If it&#8217;s open, I&#8217;m riding it.&#8221;  If this stretch is any indication, I would say it&#8217;s a great decision because this short section had some great riding that was well worth the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Since I was riding this section solo, it&#8217;s of course a little difficult to get pictures that convey what the riding is like.  Nevertheless, I&#8217;ll try.  This area of the Sawatch range was formerly glaciated, and as such is much more rugged than the big rounded summits to the south.  For that reason alone, it&#8217;s worth checking this ride out, as the character is so vastly different than the rest of the Sawatch.  Judging by the lush green foliage and ample water, it&#8217;s safe to say this area gets quite a bit more precipitation as well, especially as you head North or West.  And of course the previous glaciation means boulders- lots of them and smack dab in the middle of the trail.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2437.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more Read more--><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, this section of trail is quite technical in places, but since the rocks are embedded in the soil, rather than loose, it&#8217;s quite rideable as well.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2445.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2442.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just as the riding was starting to get really fun, though, I hit the end of the road.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2439.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another map:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/segment-10-map-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking at this map, another option would be to ride up Hagerman Pass (county road 4) to the smaller FS road and then ride down the CT.  I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s very necessary, as the trail worked pretty well in both directions.  In the end my mileage was a bit more than what the book calls for- 7 miles even and 1 hour, 20 minutes.  The end of segment 9 shares the same trailhead, and the book shows 1 mile of non-Wilderness trail there as well.  However, when I began riding that section I quickly ran into the Wilderness permitting station, which made me question the legality of riding that mile, so I stopped.  Then it was off to find a campsite- of which there are plenty in the Turquoise Lake area, both developed and otherwise.  I think I deserved this after knocking off 2 segments in a day:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2450.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br \/>\nIt took over 25 years, but finally, finally, I have a trail pump that&#8217;s worth a darn:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/product_ad_widget\/paw.php?pawid=52301&amp;pw=29053&amp;output=js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After riding the 11th segment, I headed to Leadville for an early dinner and a beer, then thought about where<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5771,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions\/5771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}