| Difficulty: | Number: | Miles: | Altitude: | Obstacles: | Time: |
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| Easy 1 | FR133, FR878 | 15.29 | 8,100 to 10,380 ft. | NA | 1-2 hours |
Sulphur Ranger District
Granby, Colorado 80446
Closure:
July - Best
August - Best
September - Best
October - Early snows possible
Accessed:
Horseshoe-Sulphur, FT134 - Hike, Horseback, Mountain Bike
From Fraser, CO. head northwest on US-40 W/Zerex Street toward Fraser Ave and go 0.6 miles. Turn left onto County Road 5 and go 0.2 miles. Turn left onto County Road 50 and go 0.3 miles. Turn right at the 1st cross street to stay on County Road 50 and go 1.6 miles. Turn right onto County Road 50 and go 6.5 miles. Continue onto County Road 50 for 1.7 miles. Turn right onto Beaver Creek Road.
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Looking north down valley photo by: Adam M |
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After a bit you will pass a closed spur road on the right and then a spur road on the left. The spur on the left is FR878.1 which goes a short distance down into the valley to the middle trail head for Tim's Trail. Continue to the right heading down the valley.
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Heading down the valley photo by: Adam M |
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The road will go for quite a ways along the side of Blue Ridge, above Beaver Creek, before coming to another intersection. The road on the left is FR878.2, which also goes down into the valley passing the north end of Tim's Trail and ending at a dispersed campsite. Stay right and follow the road for over two miles along the side of Blue Ridge. You will come to another intersection with a road on the left, Third Park, FR260, which heads down and south back up the valley for one and three quarters of a mile ending in a small meadow beside Beaver Creek. Continue right down the valley for a short distance to another intersection with a road on the left. This is FR133.2H, which goes down to a campsite next to Beaver Creek. Stay right again continuing down the valley. The road will now come down along the side of Beaver Creek and you will pass a dispersed campsite on the left side of the road. The valley will widen up a bit and you will pass another campsite on the left side of the road. The valley will narrow up a bit and you will head into the trees where you will pass another campsite on the right side of the road after crossing the creek. Further along you will cross back over the creek and there will be forests on the west side of the creek with bare hills on the east side. As the valley widens out you will pass another campsite on the left side of the road.
A short distance further and you will pass a driveway on the left side of the road to a private home. The road will continue along the creek and cross onto private land where it becomes CR50. As the road heads down the valley you will pass another private home on the left. The valley will open up and you will cross a shallow drainage just before entering back onto public land and passing another campsite on the left. The road will continue down the widening valley and then you will come to a large intersection with two roads on the left. One is FR133.3 which runs below and parallel to the main road and has a few dispersed campsites, the other is FR133.3A, which heads down to the creek to the Horseshoe-Sulphur Trail and a dispersed campsite. Past this intersection you will be back on CR50 as the road crosses private property again. After making a large turn to the southwest you will leave Forest Service lands and the road will remain CR50 as it heads toward Hot Sulphur Springs.