Snowshoeing Tanglewood Creek in the Mt. Evans Wilderness
Posted by sainteterre on November 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Deer Creek/Rosalie/Tanglewood trails have been a go-to for my wife and I anytime we need a quick wilderness tour and don’t have a lot of time to travel. The view from Tanglewood’s summit yields unique views of the southern Front Range and the undulating expanse of the Great Plains. The trail becomes faint in the tundra after the summit, but becomes clear again near Roosevelt Lakes; a pair of shallow, trout-filled “lakes” that reflect the serrated horizons back into the thin, 12,000 foot air. Tanglewood will eventually drop you near Bear Track Lakes and a host of streams and glacial rivulets that, like Roosevelt, are humble, but offer great fishing.
Despite having spent considerable time here in the spring, summer, and fall months, we had yet to snowshoe out there. After a series of October snow storms, we were excited to head out and traipse around in the snow.
The road into the trailhead was pretty clear up to Deer Creek campground, then was dicy after. Some cars were parked at that junction, but we continued going thanks to the ol’ RAV 4′s AWD. For it being so cold, snowy, and sketchy to get to, there were still a surprising number of cars in the lot. This is to be expected, though, for such a beautiful trail so close to the city.
Not feeling like we would contribute to a chaotic environment, we strapped up and headed out. We only made it to just before tree-line before we decided to stop and have lunch in the thick of Engleman and fir trees while rosy finches and chickadees darted above us in the treetops.
Below is a video I made of the trip. I used both a Canon 60D and a little GoPro. I’m using iMovie, which is so convoluted compared to a more professional system like Adobe CS 5; but alas, you were with what you have. It’s still a great training tool for the other software, but just limits what one can do with their footage.
Enjoy.
Here are driving directions to the trail:
Deer Creek Trailhead
Travel North on I-25 from Pagosa Springs to Denver. Drive west from Denver on US 285 approximately 28 miles to the traffic light before the top of Crow Hill. Turn right (northwest) on to Park County 43 and drive in a northwesterly direction for 6.8 miles to a “Y” in the road. Bear left and drive 2.1 miles, staying right at the campground, to the parking area at the trailhead.
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Snowshoeing Tanglewood Creek in the Mt. Evans Wilderness
Posted by sainteterre on November 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Deer Creek/Rosalie/Tanglewood trails have been a go-to for my wife and I anytime we need a quick wilderness tour and don’t have a lot of time to travel. The view from Tanglewood’s summit yields unique views of the southern Front Range and the undulating expanse of the Great Plains. The trail becomes faint in the tundra after the summit, but becomes clear again near Roosevelt Lakes; a pair of shallow, trout-filled “lakes” that reflect the serrated horizons back into the thin, 12,000 foot air. Tanglewood will eventually drop you near Bear Track Lakes and a host of streams and glacial rivulets that, like Roosevelt, are humble, but offer great fishing.
Despite having spent considerable time here in the spring, summer, and fall months, we had yet to snowshoe out there. After a series of October snow storms, we were excited to head out and traipse around in the snow.
The road into the trailhead was pretty clear up to Deer Creek campground, then was dicy after. Some cars were parked at that junction, but we continued going thanks to the ol’ RAV 4′s AWD. For it being so cold, snowy, and sketchy to get to, there were still a surprising number of cars in the lot. This is to be expected, though, for such a beautiful trail so close to the city.
Not feeling like we would contribute to a chaotic environment, we strapped up and headed out. We only made it to just before tree-line before we decided to stop and have lunch in the thick of Engleman and fir trees while rosy finches and chickadees darted above us in the treetops.
Below is a video I made of the trip. I used both a Canon 60D and a little GoPro. I’m using iMovie, which is so convoluted compared to a more professional system like Adobe CS 5; but alas, you were with what you have. It’s still a great training tool for the other software, but just limits what one can do with their footage.
Enjoy.
Here are driving directions to the trail:
Deer Creek Trailhead
Travel North on I-25 from Pagosa Springs to Denver. Drive west from Denver on US 285 approximately 28 miles to the traffic light before the top of Crow Hill. Turn right (northwest) on to Park County 43 and drive in a northwesterly direction for 6.8 miles to a “Y” in the road. Bear left and drive 2.1 miles, staying right at the campground, to the parking area at the trailhead.
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