Day 2 Last Dollar to Spring
Creek
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26.3 miles
1,600' ascent
3,500' descent
11,000 to 9,100'
Today after a breakfast of
bacon and eggs we quickly cruised down the pass and lost
all the hard earned elevation that we gained yesterday. But
the views of the San Juan's were spectacular. At the bottom
of the pass we crossed through some huge ranches that were
straight out of some western movies. We briefly crossed a
highway and then found ourselves on an incredibly lonely
but beautiful ranch road taking us up to Spring Creek. A
herd of deer crossed our path. Spring Creek hut was found
about 1 mile down a 4 wheel road populated by range cattle.
Now we were becoming experts making ourselves comfortable
in the huts and even experimented with chips and dip to
accompany the beer before dinner.
