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mattpayne11

Memorial Day

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Hello - thank you for the route description.

Is this approach doable in the Memorial Day time-frame?

Posted Apr 26, 2009 12:09 am


	RyanS	Re: Memorial Day
	Hasn't voted	I've had several good May trips to the Lake San Cristobal area. You'd probably be good to go.
		Posted Apr 26, 2009 4:07 pm

mattpayne11

Woohoo

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Thank you Ryan!

Posted Apr 26, 2009 4:39 pm

mattpayne11

More questions

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Ryan, your responses have been outstanding, thank you!
In regards to the trail going up these mountains, I was looking at the TOPO map and it shows a road leading up from the Castle Lakes that eventually becomes the trail. I believe you mention that the trail meets up with this road.

Is there access up this road at all from the lakes? I was thinking this was maybe a good way to start the hike.

Additionally, what is the camping situation like near the lakes and/or trailhead?

Posted May 19, 2009 10:55 am


	RyanS	Re: More questions
	Hasn't voted	Hi Matt, that road would be nice except access to it is on private property -- the Castle Lakes Ranch or somesuch. My route description gets you around the private property.
		Posted May 20, 2009 5:02 pm

mattpayne11

Thanks

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OK that makes sense, do you know what the camping is like in the area?

Posted May 20, 2009 5:14 pm


	RyanS	Re: Thanks
	Hasn't voted	Official or backcountry? Officially, there's copious camping along the Cinnamon Pass Road. There's at least two or three BLM campgrounds on that road. I like the Mills Creek CG. If you have the Roach 14er book, it references that CG in the Sunshine Peak section. It's past the Castle Lakes area -- you can see "Mill Gulch" on the Redcloud Peak quad. Backcountry, I honestly can't remember. The meadow just NW of Point 10,490 is pretty marshy if memory serves.
		Posted May 22, 2009 7:24 pm

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