Lost Creek Wilderness – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Sun, 26 Nov 2023 02:57:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg Lost Creek Wilderness – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Introducing the Quick and Dirty Hiking Guides https://pmags.com/introducing-the-quick-and-dirty-hiking-series-books https://pmags.com/introducing-the-quick-and-dirty-hiking-series-books#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2017 05:06:59 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=15968 Introducing the Quick and Dirty Hiking Guides

Introducing the first two eBooks in the "Quick and Dirty" Hiking Guides co-authored with Cam Honan of The Hiking Life. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/kenosha-ridge-walk/feed 4 12442 Twenty-four hours in Lost Creek https://pmags.com/twenty-four-hours-in-lost-creek https://pmags.com/twenty-four-hours-in-lost-creek#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:02:12 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=12102 Twenty-four hours in Lost Creek

A relaxing ~25 mile trip the Lost Creek Wilderness. A touch of fall was in the air. Read More ...

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Some more backpacking loop ideas for Colorado in the Denver and Boulder area. Read More ...

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An unseasonably warm off-trail jaunt to an obscure peak in the Lost Creek Wilderness. Read More ...

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An overnight backpacking trip in the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Wigwam Park area. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/sloppy-hiking-fun-lost-creek-wilderness/feed 8 7619 Backpacking with the boys – Lost Creek Wilderness https://pmags.com/backpacking-with-the-boys-lost-creek-wilderness https://pmags.com/backpacking-with-the-boys-lost-creek-wilderness#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:16:24 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=5874 Backpacking with the boys – Lost Creek Wilderness

A Father’s Day weekend trip with my buddy Josh and his two sons.

For the past two years, my buddy Josh and I have taken his son Avery out on a backpacking trip for Father’s Day weekend.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I am very close to this family. The children refer to me as “Uncle Mags” and, I’d like to think, spoil them accordingly. 🙂

This year, the youngest boy Elijah would be joining us. At five years old, he is already an experienced camper. He recently hiked Sanitas with a very small day pack in anticipation of this trip.

We left Friday night and made our way to the Lost Park TH just outside of Jefferson.  A quick campsite was made off the FS road for the evening. The boys were rather enamored with all the shell casings in the area. Their mother would not be as enamored on Sunday when she found about…..

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]]> https://pmags.com/backpacking-with-the-boys-lost-creek-wilderness/feed 0 5874 Work – Life Balance in the Lost Creek Wilderness https://pmags.com/work-life-balance-in-lost-creek-wilderness https://pmags.com/work-life-balance-in-lost-creek-wilderness#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:26:34 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=5863 Work – Life Balance in the Lost Creek Wilderness

A trip with some friends from work in the Lost Creek Wilderness.

At work, I’m known as “that outdoor guy”.

The Kia is often covered in a fine patina of dirt or mud on a Monday morning.

The co-workers don’t ask if I have been out for the weekend, they just assume.

And more than few wonder how I found myself working in IT when it is the outdoors I obviously love (I ask myself that question often. 😉 )

Two months ago, a few of us put into motion an overnight backpacking trip.

Schedules were cleared, permission secured from their families and we headed to the early season favorite of the Lost Creek Wilderness for their first overnighter. (One has never been camping either!)

The chosen area was a perennial favorite for early season jaunts: the Lost Creek Wilderness.

We met at a local park and ride, distributed some extra gear and clothing I had and made our way to Bailey, CO and the trail head.

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Some favorite backpacking loops in the Denver - Boulder area of Colorado. Read More ...

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]]> https://pmags.com/backpacking-loops-mags-favorites/feed 136 513 24 Hours in the Wilderness – Lost Creek Backpacking https://pmags.com/24-hours-in-the-wilderness-lost-creek-backpacking https://pmags.com/24-hours-in-the-wilderness-lost-creek-backpacking#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:54:06 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=4327 24 Hours in the Wilderness – Lost Creek Backpacking

A quick overnighter in the Lost Creek Wilderness on the classic Brookside-Payne Creek loop.

The Lost Creek Wilderness of Colorado is often my “go to” for early summer backpacks.

In June, the snow is usually melted off, the scenery is great and the wildflowers are blooming.

This past weekend, I had a last minute opportunity to backpack.

I quickly pulled out my dog eared copy of  good ole’ Trail Illustrated map #105 and eyed a route I have not done in a while: the Brookeside – Payne loop.

If other loops in the Lost Creek Wilderness (LCW) offer amazing ridge walks and tundra views, this loop is more sublime.

Large meadows, meandering creeks, wildflowers and amazing groves of aspen are what this loop offers.

On Saturday morning, when plans had changed, I quickly packed up, grabbed some food and off I went up 285.

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