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Caribou Ranch Open Space

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Hiking – Caribou Ranch Open Space

In the shadow of the Continental Divide and close to Nederland, Caribou Ranch offers a variety of landscapes including forests, meadows, wetlands, and the historic Bluebird mining complex. This trip is for RMOTHG members only.

Contacts

Martha Mustard
Martha Mustard
Primary Leader
  • Easy
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 4.75 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 500 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 8,800 ft
  • Pace: 1.5-2 mph

This is a lollipop trip with a small but steep spur trail to the Bluebird Mine Complex. We'll enter on the Dedonde Trail and go by the Dedonde Homestead then up to the mine and a little beyond where there's a picnic table for our lunch/snacks.  If we hit it right there should be some good foliage.  

Meet at the north side of the American Mountaineering Center at 8am for an 8:10am start.  Ignore the signs that ask you to pay for parking; that does not apply to CMC hikers.  

Route/Place

Caribou Ranch Open Space

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Ten essentials and poles if you use them.

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