| Difficulty: | Number: | Miles: | Altitude: | Obstacles: | Time: |
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| Easy 1 | FR 681 | 3.90 | 9160 ft. | NA | 0.5 hour |
Parks Ranger District
Walden, Colorado 80480
Closure:
July - Best
August - Best
September - Best
October - Early snows possible
Accessed:
| Vassar
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| USGS 7.5' Map: | Pearl, Davis Peak | ||||||||||||||
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| County: | Jackson | ||||||||||||||
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| Managed by: | Routt National Forest, Parks Ranger District |
100 N. Main (P.O. Box 158) Walden, Colorado 80480 |
(970)723-2700 | ||||||||||||
| Summary: | Vassar is an easy 4WD road near Pearl, Colorado that follows Beaver Creek to the Beaver Creek trailhead that goes into the Mount Zirkel Wilderness. |
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| Attractions: | Trailhead | ||||||||||||||
| Seasonal Closure: |
Natural - Closed by heavy snows
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| Best Time: |
June - Best, might be snow July - Best August - Best September - Best October - Early snows possible |
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| Trail Heads Accessed: |
Beaver Creek, FT1124 - Hike, Horseback, Mountain Bike (only outside the wilderness) |
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| Camping: | There are dispersed campsites around the Beaver Creek trailhead at the west end of the road. |
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| Base Camp: | This would be a good area to base camp and explore the roads and trails around Big Creek Lake like Twisty Beaver, FR689. | ||||||||||||||
| Fall Colors: | Poor - Mostly pine forest. | ||||||||||||||
| Navigation: | From Cowdrey, CO, head west on Jcrd 6w for 20.4 miles. Slight left onto Jcrd 6B and go 4.0 miles. Turn left onto Jcrd 3/FR689. |
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| Starting at the north end off of Jackson County road 6B, FR80, you will head south along a side channel of Beaver Creek on a graded road. At the first wide curve you will pass a spur road on the right, FR680, which is about a quarter mile. Continuing left you will head through the forest and drop down close to the main channel of Beaver Creek. Here you will pass Twisty Beaver, FR689, on the left. There is also a campsite here near the creek. Staying right the road will be a bit narrower as it changes to CR 3A and follows along the north side of a wide marshy area of Beaver Creek. After about a mile and a half from the intersection with FR689 you will come to the large loop at the end of the road where the Beaver Creek trailhead is. There are a few campsites around the loop. Off of the east side of the loop FR681.1A goes a half mile along a small penisula into the marshy part of Beaver Creek. Along this road are four campsites. From here you head back the way you came. |
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| Data updated - January 13, 2024 4WD Road driven - September 3, 2023 Copyright 4X4Explore.com - 2000-2024 | |||||||||||||||