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By
Alan Silverstein,
ajs@frii.com
(page updated Sun Nov 27 13:51:38 MST 2022)
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We decided on short notice to beat some of the Front Range heat by
taking the van out on a short Colorado loop for 4 nights -- but ended
up returning home after 3 nights. We drove to Dillon, where even around
2:30 pm it was too late to snag any of the FCFS campsites at Prospector,
so we followed directions to a nice dispersed Forest Service location
a few miles away (uphill past the landfill to forest across from Keystone!)
The next day I did a tough 7.5-hour, 5.5 mile, 3045' gain hike/scramble
up Buffalo Mountain, 12777', and had my best mountain goat encounter
ever! Then we overnighted at the overflow parking lot at Prospector CG;
continued to the cabin for one night; and I ran one tank of gas through
the chainsaw (even though it was hot out, high 70s) chopping up fallen
tree trunks into 3' sections.
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