Eastern Mojave Vegetation
Tom Schweich
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Eastern Mojave Vegetation
| Chimney Gulch Trail, Jefferson County, Colorado |
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Tom Schweich |
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From Clear Creek to Windy Saddle. | ||
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Locations:
Windy Saddle.
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Windy SaddleJunction: Lookout Mountain Road, Lookout Mountain Trail | ||
| Trail drops off the road. | |||
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Dalmatian Toadflax and Myrtle Spurge, two Colorado noxious weeds, growing together. | ||
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Golden from near Windy Gap. | ||
| Bridge over creek. | |||
| Trail passes through forest. | |||
| Viewpoint at switchback. | |||
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Bridge over creek. | ||
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View to Golden below. | ||
| Cross small watercourse. | |||
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Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Juniper. | ||
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Locations:
Chimney Gulch.
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Switchbacks above Lookout Mountain Road. | ||
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Cross Lookout Mountain Road. | ||
| Trail up leaves driveway. | |||
| Driveway for 1959 Mount Zion Drive. | |||
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Trail down from driveway. | ||
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View of sedimentary outcrop in Chimney Gulch. | ||
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High bank on the upper part of a curve. I measured 11 feet from the rock on the right to the highest bicycle tire track on the left, then another two feet up the base slope to the vegetation. | ||
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High bank on curve of Chimney Gulch Trail. | ||
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Locations: Welch Ditch. |
Junction: Welch Ditch.Pretty much just social trails west into Clear Creek Canyon along the unused ditch, soon to be redeveloped into a trail by Jefferson County Open Space. Cross Welch Ditch. Social trails west into Clear Creek Canyon, or east. | ||
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Trail widened to 9 feet as mountain bikers swing wide to avoid the rocks. Maximum incisement is nearly 2 feet. | ||
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Typical narrow cross-section of Chimney Gulch Trail. The trail here is 3 feet wide, a little less than a foot deep, and the trampled area at left is 4 feet wide. | ||
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Locations: Landing Zone. |
Parking area on 6th Avenue (US Highway 6). | ||
| Cross under 6th Avenue. | |||
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Junction: 6th Avenue Trail | ||
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Date and time this article was prepared: 12/9/2024 7:25:15 PM |
