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Summit County Colorado Hiking

Posted in: Summit County Colorado- Aug 28, 2009 No Comments

Brush Creek

Brush Creek hiking trail just 4 miles north of silverthorne, brush creek rd turns west towards the gore range. we have done quite a bit of hiking from this trail head. while my mom was in town we hiked to the boss mine, this is a easy hike wide trail with good footing, after just 30 minutes of hiking you reach the first of many meadows, with some great beaver ponds, these have good brookies trout. the trail does start to climb as you reach the mine, it is a great hike with a great view, ther are lots off wildflowers and some great meadows and this is a easy to moderate hike.

in july me and my two boys also backpacked from this trail head, the brush creek trail intercects with the gore range trail about 14 mile in, we turned north on the gore range trail and hiked to boulder lake, this is a moderate hike, the trail is narrow and steep. boulder lake is beautiful, my boys just love fishing when they can watch the fish, it is really neat. there are a few camping spots around the lake, make sure to keep your distance when camping, also they do not permit fires at boulder lake, so we camped about  14 MILE FROM THE LAKE AND THE RANGER SAID WE WERE GOOD.. there is an upper boulder lake as well it is a very difucult hike, lots of down trees and very steep, however if you are interested in fishing for cuttthroat trout, upper boulder lake is worth it it is a very deep lake for mtn lakes and it has some nice size cuttthroats and greenbacks. this is a great are to view birds as well, the rangers said that birds flock to this area, for different reasons. but it is noted as a national bird watching area. there is a ton of wildflowers and the mountains around this area are very jagged and steep making for a great view.

my family loves to hike in this area, and so will yours. please let me know if i can help with any more info on hiking or fishing in the summit county area…

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