{"id":3929,"date":"2012-09-29T04:52:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T10:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2017-09-13T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:11:37","slug":"tr-pass-creek-trail-22-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/tr-pass-creek-trail-22-september\/","title":{"rendered":"TR: Pass Creek Trail (22 September)"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a big hike planned for Sunday, I set my sights on something shorter to do the day before. Still wanting to soak in the myriad of magnificent fall colors, I opted to head over Ohio Pass to hike the Pass Creek trail from Swampy Pass trailhead. With a very unassuming name, this trail is surprisingly scenic and makes a fantastic hike.<\/p>\n

I began on Swampy Pass trail, and enjoyed a view of the Anthracites.
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Carbon Peak.
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After less than 20 minutes, the trail split, and I took the left path toward Pass Creek Trail.
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The forest radiated in gold…
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and other rainbow hues.
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Occasionally, the Castles came to view.
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It was a beautiful day.
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Another view of the Anthracites.
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After about 3 miles, I came to another intersection. I intended to turn right, to head back to Swampy Pass, creating a short clockwise loop. But, something was pulling me the other way. So, I continued straight, following Pass Creek trail a bit further.
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And after another 2 miles, the trail opened up to reveal spectacular views of the Castles.
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After enjoying the views for a bit, I turned around, following the Pass Creek trail back to the Swampy Pass trailhead. This time, enjoying the views in reverse.
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Despite being a perfect day during the peak of leaf season, I saw not one hiker the whole time – only a handful of cowgirls on horses. It was a nice change from the Kebler Pass leaf-peeper mayhem.<\/p>\n

Although the leaves have generally had their peak, colors still surround us, while snow glistens on our high peaks. So, get out and enjoy the rainbow-trees for one more weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pass Creek Trail near Crested Butte, CO, offers bold aspen colors and stunning mountain views which are especially enjoyed in fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crested-butte","category-hiking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429661,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions\/429661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}