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Hiking – Pine Valley Ranch

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Hiking – Pine Valley Ranch

A late May hike at Pine Valley Ranch will make for a great start to our day. We will walk along a lake, through a coniferous forest, into a burn area, and into an area flourishing with new growth.

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Michelle Hartmann
Michelle Hartmann
Primary Leader
  • Moderate
  • Mileage: 7.4 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 1,298 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 7,919 ft
  • Pace: 1.5 - 2,0 miles per hour

    We will walk around a portion of Pine Valley Lake, south along Strawberry Jack to Skipper trail, then turn north to hike on Buck Gulch. We will make our way through a coniferous forest and then up the mountain to an area that was burned during the Hi Meadow Fire in 2000. 

     While many of the pine trees on the mountain are gone forever, there should be an abundance of flowers, bushes, and young aspen trees. Years ago, when we lived in Bailey (not far from Pine Valley Ranch), the aspens consistently began budding over Memorial Day weekend, so they should be dressed in their splendid spring green for our outing. Because part of the hillside is without tall trees,  we should be able to get a good view of Mt. Rosalie and the surrounding area, as well.

(Trip leaders, if you are interested in being a co-leader on this hike, please go ahead and send me a message. )

Meet at the Phillips 66 (16283 Morrison Rd, Morrison, CO 80465) , which is near C-470 and Morrison Road at 6:30 a.m. so that we can leave no later than 6:40,. We will carpool to Pine Valley Ranch Open Space Park and begin our hike there.

Route/Place

Pine Valley Ranch

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

10 essentials, trekking poles, sunscreen, a lunch, plenty of water, and money for carpool (58 miles x .32/mile is approximately $18.50 to be divided by the number of people in the car) 

$15 annual RMOTHG Membership Dues are required to participate. Please contact the office at 303-279-3080 ext. 3 or office@cmc.org to join!

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