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BPX 3-Day: Goose Creek Trail to Shafthouse from Goose Creek TH

Trip

BPX Trip – BPX 2-Day: Goose Creek Trail to Shafthouse from Goose Creek TH

An easy overnight backpack into the unique Lost Creek Wilderness to give you an opportunity to work out the winter kinks in your body and your backpacking kit. We will take an easy hike of 1.5-2 miles in and set up a base camp, followed by an opportunity for a longer day hike to the old dam site at the Shaft House (5 mi. round trip and 800 additional feet), or possibly a steeper hike to see Harmonica Arch up close and personal (approx. 2 mi. RT and 1000 additional feet).

Contacts

James Borgel
James Borgel
Primary Leader
  • Thu, May 21, 2026 — Fri, May 22, 2026
  • Backpacking Section
  • Backpacking
  • Adults
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 4.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 600 ft
  • Pace: 1.5

This is an easy hike to a scenic area, although potential day hikes could add as much as an additional 6 miles and an additional 700 feet to the first day's hike.

Before signing up for this trip, please contact the trip leader at jbborgel@yahoo.com to describe the following aspects of your backpacking experience:

Dates, lengths and vertical climb of your most recent backpacking trips.

Typical pace while backpacking.

Current activity level (intensity and frequency).

Any potential health of safety concerns. Please also reach out to the trip leader if you have any questions.

We will meet at the Twin Forks Park and Ride on Highway 285 at 8:00 on May 21 to arrange car pools, with a departure time from the Park and Ride by 8:15 am. The traihead is approximately an hour and a half from the meeting point. Detailed information with directions to the meeting point and the trailhead willbe provided as the event day approaches.

Route/Place

BPX 3-Day: Goose Creek Trail to Shafthouse from Goose Creek TH

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Participants should be prepared with the following, at a minimum:

• Ten Essentials
• All your own backpacking gear , including
o Shelter System
o Sleep System
o Extra Layers of Clothing
o Rain Gear
o Hygiene Kit
o Ursack/Cannister/ Bear Hang
o Insect Repellant
• Food for 2 lunches, 1 breakfast, 1 dinner

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