Like I said, I wish I could make it but alas, I need to attend to some dental issues. I will catch you guys on the next one hopefully and I'll be happy to show off my cooking skills then.
Like I said, I wish I could make it but alas, I need to attend to some dental issues. I will catch you guys on the next one hopefully and I'll be happy to show off my cooking skills then.
What kind of flies are y'all bringing?
Mmm, I just realized: I think all this time, I've been looking at the wrong lake. This isn't the one just northwest of Leadville, is it? Off the 70? I know of at least 2 Lily Lakes in CO, and neither of them seem to be the one planned. LOL.
Bump. O.oOriginally Posted by Kyle
Extra characters.
Ed is the one to answer the fly question and the lily lake question.
Where you at Ed?
Trying to get my kitchen pass for this weekend. Looking forward to more details.
This is 3 days 2 nights ?
Hi Guys,
I have extra tarps, hammocks and UQ I can loan out for this trip if any is in need of equipment.
Doing a bit of research, this trip is a high altitude adventure starting at 10,600 and ending at Lily lake 12,350. Which is above treeline. Is the plan to camp below the lake on the switchbacks?
Here's a few more details:
Lily Lake Trail
Beginning Elevation: 10,600 Feet (3304.2 Meters) Trailhead
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Elevation Gain: 1,760 Feet (548.6 Meters)
Ending Elevation: 12,360 Feet (3852.9 Meters) Lily Lake
Length, One-way: 3.5 Miles (5.83 Kilometers)
Usage: Heavy
USGS Map: Mosca Pass, Blanca Peak
Directions:
- Drive to the town of Gardner, northwest of Walsenburg on Colorado 69.
- From Gardner, head west for about 1/2 mile on CO 69 and turn west on the road to Mosca Pass. There should be brown Forest Service signs on CO 69 indicating the turn.
- Just after the start of this road, a Forest Service sign states "Upper Huerfano - 21.5" and "Lily Lake Trhd - 22.5".
- After 7.0 miles the road turns to dirt.
- Continue 4.8 miles to a junction and stay left on Forest Road 580.
- Drive 3.4 miles and enter private property where a "Forest Access" sign reads "Upper Huerfano - 5.3 mi."
- Continue 0.5 mile and stay left at the entrance to the Singing River ranch. The road becomes rough, narrow, but still 2WD.
- Continue 0.9 mile and pass the entrance to the Aspen River ranch. The road becomes more difficult.
- Drive 3.4 miles to enter the San Isabel National Forest.
- Drive 0.8 mile and pass a small sign for the Huerfano and Zapata trails.
- Drive 1 more mile to the end of the road at the Lily Lake TH.
hth
Last edited by OutandBack; 07-23-2013 at 07:33.
Man, I am having the hardest friggin' time finding this place on a map. I tried following the directions on google maps, but lost the road.
Anyone happen to have coordinates for the trailhead?
N37 35.666 W105 29.421
Kyle do you have a GPS that accepts Garmin files? I have made a track if you do.
There are two TH and I am not sure which one Ed uses. So I tracked both.
Last edited by OutandBack; 07-23-2013 at 11:50.
I've never actually been to this lake, so Ed would have to answer these questions. I'm meeting him tonight to go over the details (departure time, location, # of people, camp site ideas/locations, trail head, travel time, etc.) and I'll post all the info here ASAP.
As far as I know we are up to about 10 or so people. Roughly half are hangers. The other half are soon-to-be-hanger converts (aka neanderthals that sleep on the ground like animals because they don't know any better).
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