From: Alan Thomson (abthomson@goes.com)
Date: Wed Mar 27 2002 - 07:51:05 CST
Some comments on Trek 4...
Conservation projects - when I did that route in '99, there were projects at
Lovers Leap, Beubien, and Cimmaroncito. Last year I am pretty sure the projects
were at Phillips Junction and Cito. I don't know if the trails being rebuilt
got completed by the end of the summer.
Mount Phillips - as noted by someone else, Trek 4 (and 5) does Phillips from
the backside (up from Clear Creek). There are several treks that are basically
the reverse of 4 and 5, so everynight in camp you run into crews who did Phillips
from the other direction, and all they talk about is the trail down to Clear
Creek, which you will be going up. Yes, it is steep and not well maintained
(it is actually off the Ranch in the adjoining wildlife area), but all in all,
really not too bad - it probably is much harder going down it with packs, which
is what generates all the comments you will hear.
Hidden Valley/Window Rock - it will add miles, whenever you do it. Either Day
10 when you arrive at Cito, or Day 11 on your way to Tooth Ridge. Day 10 already
has a sidehike to Ute Gulch for a food pickup. And Trek 4 is seriously backloaded
as far as mileage - you will have only gone 25 miles by the end of Day 8.
But it is a great one - in addition to the various journals you can find in
Selden's pages, it is also the one the Bill Cass describes in his "Return to
the Summit of Scouting".
- Al Thomson, T236 Schooley's Mountain NJ
2002 Autumn Adventure
2001 Trek 21
2000 Autumn Adventure
1999 Trek 9 (now 4)
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