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Routt County Colorado Hiking Trails
Black Mountain Creek Trail #1117
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Routt National Forest
Available for hiking and horseback riding,
the 5.9 mile Black Mountain Creek Trail begins opposite the Sheriff
Reservoir dam and travels along an old logging road through a large meadow
for the first mile. Black Mountain Creek Trail becomes steep at 1.4 miles
as it crosses a shale outcrop. Turning south Black Mountain Creek Trail
travels through an area know as Windy gap. At 2.5 miles the trail enters
Flat Tops Wilderness (Elevation 11,125'). The trails travels on to descend
into the East Fork Williams Fork drainage to East Fork Trail #1119. |
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To reach Black Mountain Creek Trail from Yampa Colorado, travel 5 miles
north along CR 17 to CR 132. Follow CR 132 west for 3.4 miles to Forest
Highway 16. Continue 6 miles along 16 to Sheriff Reservoir Road 959.
Travel 2.6 miles south along Sheriff Reservoir to the trailhead parking.
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