| Difficulty: | Number: | Miles: | Altitude: | Obstacles: | Time: |
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| Easy 2 | FR 516 | 12.75 | 9577 ft. | NA | 1 to 2 hours |
Canyon Lakes Ranger District
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Closure:
July - Best
August - Best
September - Best
October - Early snows possible
Accessed:
From Mountain Home, WY, head south on Boswell Road for 0.3 miles. Turn right onto Forest Road 526D and go 0.9 miles. Continuing straight crossing the Wyoming and Colorado border you will be on Medicine Bow, FR516.
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Southern end photo by: Adam M |
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The road will head northwest through the forest passing through some previously thinned areas.
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Heading northwest photo by: Adam M |
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Thinned area photo by: Adam M |
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After about a mile and a half from the start you will come to the Village Belle mine. I don't know any history on this mine.
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Village Belle Mine photo by: Adam M |
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Village Belle Mine photo by: Adam M |
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After leaving the mine you will continue through the forest heading north.
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Open section photo by: Adam M |
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Next you will come to another intersection. The road to the left is Village Belle, FR213, 4WD road. Stay to the right to continue on the Medicine Bow 4WD road.
I have not driven this road past the intersection. The following is based on Google Earth.
The Medicine Bow road will continue through the forest, shortly coming to another intersection. The road on the left, FR213.2A, will drop down to the west to connect with the Village Belle road. Staying to the right you will pass a dispersed campsite on the left and then come to another intersection. The road on the right is FR516A which is a spur road that heads northeast for 1.26 miles ending above Boswell Creek. Staying the left you will continue along the top of the Medicine Bow Range through the forest. You will pass a dispersed campsite on the right and then come to another intersection. The road to the right is a spur road, FR516C, which heads east for 0.62 miles ending above a side drainage of Boswell Creek. Stay to the left to continue on Medicine Bow. The road will continue for a long distance through the forest before coming to another intersection. The road on the right is FR516D, another spur road that goes to the east for 0.65 miles. Staying left on the main road you will come to another intersection. The road on the left is FR516.1E which heads mainly west for 1.81 miles before coming out on Highway 127. Staying right on the main road it is only a half mile to the Colorado and Wyoming border where the road changes to FR526D and takes you into Mountain Home, WY.