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Backpacker Magazine Denver, CO: Bison Peak Trail 

Hike lonely trails filled with Yosemite-like granite formations in Lost Creek Wilderness on this 15.4-mile out-and-back up the Retirement Range's highest peak.


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Author: Backpacker Magazine
Date: 29 Nov 2005 6:29:03 PM
Activity: Hiking
State: Colorado (CO)
Distance: 7.69 mi  (Change units)
Survey Elevation: Total Gain: 687 ft
Total Loss: 3138 ft
Net Change: -2451 ft
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Tags: Denver, Colorado, Jefferson
Rating: Unrated   Rate it

-Mapped by Andrew Matranga

TO TRAILHEAD: I-70 W to CO 470 E to US 285 S. L @ Lost Park Road (CR 56 and CR 39). Drive 19.6 mi. to Lost Park Campground. Park in lot near gate.

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LC001

Distance: 7.69 mi Points: 1601
Total Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Active Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Lost Creek One

Points of Interest

BPK001

Location: 39.284714, -105.506874
Lost Park trailhead. Enter gate; descend to amber plains of South Fork Lost Creek

BPK002

Location: 39.282120, -105.510582
Cross creek on rail-thin wooden footbridge

BPK003

Location: 39.281963, -105.509934
R @ Y following Brookside-McCurdy

BPK004

Location: 39.280033, -105.509750
Lost Creek Wilderness Area boundary. Hike beneath low-slung forest of lodgepole pine and spruce

BPK005

Location: 39.269875, -105.521042
Enter livestock gate; approach jct. of Willow Gulch and Indian Creek

BPK006

Location: 39.257237, -105.520294
Trail bends; continue S, skirting marshy riparian zone by Indian Creek. Photo op: Kenosha Mtns. soar into N skyline

BPK007

Location: 39.242954, -105.516289
Primitive, 1-tent campsite on R; good base-camp spot for dayhikes

BPK008

Location: 39.237595, -105.517220
Cross creek; roam through rock-strewn alpine meadow; scene to S framed by unnamed Tarryall Range peaks

BPK009

Location: 39.231976, -105.513817
First views of Bison Arm open to SE; note spires and wind-carved buttresses unique to Lost Creek

BPK010

Location: 39.227024, -105.514854
Bison Pass; L @ 3-way; continue on Brookside- McCurdy Trail. Views of Fairplay Valley to S through conifer stands

BPK011

Location: 39.225529, -105.508743
Begin switchbacks; hike softly to observe CO?s largest bighorn herds

BPK012

Location: 39.238407, -105.497795
Bison Peak summit (12,341 ft.); postcard vistas to W across Fairplay Valley of Mosquito Range and 14ers beyond

Kenosha Mountains

Location: 39.257538, -105.518463
©Andrew Matranga

Meadow

Location: 39.237854, -105.516647
Stroll through a sub-alpine meadow. ©Andrew Matranga

Bison Peak and Bison Arm

Location: 39.252022, -105.516884
View from the Indian Creek meadow. ©Jesse Ryan

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