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LITTLE MITTEN AND ZOE DOG IN BEEHOUSE GAP
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LITTLE MITTEN AND ZOE DOG IN BEEHOUSE GAP

Little Mitten and Zoe say goodbye to me and my 100 lb winter pack in Beehouse Gap a mile above Citico Creek and Warden's Field.

17 DAY QUEST
FOR A
WHITE
CHRISTMAS

TRIP 187
November 27-December 13, 2017

HIGHLIGHTS
**PULLING THE ROCKY FLATS/CROWDER LOOP
**CLEARING BIG STACK GAP TRAIL
**TRAILWORKED NICHOLS COVE AGAIN
**5 DAYS ON SLICKROCK CREEK
**BMT BACKPACKER JOSH, FIRST BACKPACKER SEEN IN 10 DAYS
**CAMPING WITH HOPPIN JOHN AND EDDIE 68 ON HANGOVER MOUNTAIN
**BLIZZARD ON HANGOVER MT
**BLIZZARD ON BOB MT WITH JOHN AND EDDIE
**5 DAYS IN THE SNOW
**A COLD 10F BOB MORNING
**3 BACKPACKERS SEEN IN 17 DAYS

TRAILS
Entrance in Beehouse Gap
Beehouse Roadwalk
Warden's Field
Rocky Flats Trail
**Ed Abbey Camp**
Rocky Flats
**Johnny's Spur**
Rocky Flats
Doublecamp Creek Goat Path
Crowder Branch Trail Up
**Crow Horse Camp**
Crowder Trail/Fodderstack Ridge
Big Stack Gap Trail
Slickrock Creek Trail
**Wildcat Falls Camp**
Slickrock Creek Downstream
**Buffalo Rock Camp**
Nichols Cove Trail Up
**Dog Hat Camp**
Nichols Cove Up to Windy Gap and Down to Slickrock Creek
Nutbuster Trail Leg 1
**Nut Gate Camp**
Nut Trail Backtrack Down
Big Fat Trail up to Gap
Windy Gap Trail
**Windy Gap Spring Camp**
Windy Gap Trail Back to Big Fat Gap
Hangover Lead South Up
**Elysium Fields**
Hangover Lead South Up to Saddle Tree Gap
Four Mile Ridge to Haoe Peak (Meet John and Eddie)
Backtrack off Haoe Peak to Hangover Mt
**Airjet Camp on Hangover Mt**
Four Mile Ridge Heading West
**Raven Camp on Bob Mt(2)**
54A South to Cold Spring Gap
Fodderstack Ridge Trail to Beech Gap
Skyway Roadwalk West
Jeffrey Hell Trail
**Frustration Camp**
Jeffrey Hell to Skyway
Skyway Roadwalk West
Flats Mt Trail
**Camp Hope on Flats Mt**
Flats Mt Backtrack to Skyway
Skyway Roadwalk
Long Branch Trail
**Turkey Feather Camp**
Long Branch Trail Backtrack to Skyway
Skyway Roadwalk to Indian Boundary Rd Jct and OUT

little mitten

  • LITTLE MITTEN AND ZOE DOG IN BEEHOUSE GAP
  • The low water bridge across Citico Creek in Warden's Field.
  • Resting at the Rocky Flats trailhead.
  • Rocky Flats trailpost.
  • The Mystery Anus at around 100 lbs.
  • I take Rocky Flats about 1.5 miles to Abbey Creek and set up at Ed Abbey Camp.
  • It's time on Day 2 to leave Ed Abbey Camp and I ascend the valley and stop here by the 7th creek crossing.
  • Looking behind me where I came from and down Abbey Creek valley.
  • My trailwork on the Rocky Flats trail.
  • Fixed!!
  • Laurel Creek where I get my water for Johnny's Spur Camp.
  • Johnny's Spur Camp with the Hilleberg tent.
  • It's time to leave Johnny's Spur Camp.
  • The Crosscut Mt Boys have been busy on Rocky Flats.
  • Looking down Bone Hollow above the chimney homesite.
  • Looking back up Bone Hollow where I came from.
  • Ye olde chimney on Rocky Flats.
  • Resting by the chimney.
  • Rocky Flats trailhead on Doublecamp Creek.
  • I reach Mill Branch trail and set up quick right past the trailhead off Doublecamp.
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