St Elmo trip

[Tom]

Trip started Thurs
Have run Pomeroy Lakes, Hancock, Tomichi and Marshall Passes, Poncha creek, and Chinaman Gulch so far.

Doing the Bonanza Loop tomorrow.

Mt Antero Mt White and Baldwin lakes on the agenda for Monday.

terrible internet here. Pics later.

[JandDGreens]

Looking forward to your report! We are going down there mid September

[Tom]

Just got home. Pics will have to wait until the weekend. Here's a list of trails we ran.

Day 1. Pomeroy Lakes
Day 2. Hancock, Tomichi and Marshall Pass and Poncha Creek
Day 3. Chinaman Gulch, Iron Chest Mine
Day 4. Otto Mears Toll Road to Bonanza, Whale Hill, Rawley Mine
Day 5. Mt Antero, Mt White, Browns Lake, and Billings Lake
Day 6. Clohesy Lake, and other unnamed trails by Winfield
Day 7. Taylor Mtn
Day 8. N. Twin Cone

[Getaklu]

Heck of an agenda.

Was Twin Cone worth it? I heard the forest service closed it past the private property crossing due to the lawsuit.

[TJS86TOY]

Nice !

[Chris]

Nice Tom, tell me about Day 4 when you have some time. I’m not familiar with any of those names/trails but very familiar with 3verything else.

[Tom]

Heck of an agenda.

Was Twin Cone worth it? I heard the forest service closed it past the private property crossing due to the lawsuit.
It was wide open. No signs, gates, posts or boulders blocking the trail. Made it all the way to the top. Only signs were stating a seasonal closure and a sign to stay on marked trails.

I had heard similar that upper section was closed and didn't expect to get too far.

[Tom]

Nice Tom, tell me about Day 4 when you have some time. I’m not familiar with any of those names/trails but very familiar with 3verything else.
Chris, They are part of the Bonanza Off Highway vehicle tour. Traildamage has a map of the tour.
https://traildamage.com/?s2member_file_download=/bonanza_off-highway_vehicle_tour.pdf

The Salida Ranger district mvum shows them all. Many more than whats on the pdf. Its a maze of trails there. And loads of old mines.

Found this version of the map too

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS743US743&hl=en-US&biw=768&bih=909&ei=BMaoWc3JNuHR0gKIg52ACQ&q=bonanza+off+highway+vehicle+tour+pdf&oq=bonanza+off+highway+vehicle+tour+pdf&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3...13758.15054.0.15471.5.5.0.0.0.0.137.461.1 j3.4.0....0...1..64.mobile-gws-serp..1.3.373...0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.PsjZOjf HWQI#imgdii=dXDflOcJ1MSYKM:&imgrc=s16iIj8TnoSx6M: (https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS743US743&hl=en-US&biw=768&bih=909&ei=BMaoWc3JNuHR0gKIg52ACQ&q=bonanza+off+highway+vehicle+tour+pdf&oq=bonanza+off+highway+vehicle+tour+pdf&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3...13758.15054.0.15471.5.5.0.0.0.0.137.461.1 j3.4.0....0...1..64.mobile-gws-serp..1.3.373...0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.PsjZOjf HWQI#imgdii=dXDflOcJ1MSYKM:&imgrc=s16iIj8TnoSx6M:)

[Getaklu]

I went looking since i will be in the area this weekend. I interpret it as not being open and it is a restricted road meaning no motorized vehicles. These new road use rules are a bit confusing to say the least.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd492363.pdf - order
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd492364.pdf - map

[Tom]

I went looking since i will be in the area this weekend. I interpret it as not being open and it is a restricted road meaning no motorized vehicles. These new road use rules are a bit confusing to say the least.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd492363.pdf - order
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd492364.pdf - map
Thats about where i thought it was closed. Lots of vehicle traffic(recent tracks) on that section. No signs or gates.

[jb10]

nice! i was up at baldwin lakes 2 weekends ago. simply beautiful!