| Southeast Slopes from Jones Park Trail Route |
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| Southeast Slopes from Jones Park Trail   | 
| Page Type: Route Location: Colorado, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 38.81330°N / 104.9689°W Route Type: Hike & Scramble Time Required: Most of a day Difficulty: Class 2+
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| Page By: mmoerk Created/Edited: Sep 6, 2005 / Sep 6, 2005 Object ID: 166634 Hits: 432 Loading... Page Score: 86.2% - 1 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach
As stated in the Overview section, there are numerous ways to approach Tuckaway. I will describe two of them here.
Option 1: Seven Bridges (from Gold Camp/High Drive)
Trailhead Elevation:7,500'
Total Climbing: 3,700'
Distance: 7.6 miles (one-way)
Park at High Drive and Gold Camp Road. From this point, Gold Camp Road is closed to vehicular traffic; start your hike by walking on the closed section of the road. Cross North Cheyenne Canyon Creek and find the Seven Bridges trail immediately on the right. This trail follows Cheyenne Canyon Creek and eventually climbs out of the canyon, offering a nice view of Colorado Springs. Shortly after exiting the canyon there will be a trail junction to the right; take this trail. Make your way north to Jones Park and then take the Jones Park Trail to the left. Now you are following Bear Creek. Reach the intersection with Trail 701, and follow the Route Description from this point.
Option 2: Trail 701
Trailhead Elevation:10,200'
Total Climbing: 2,800'
Distance: 5.0 miles (one-way)
Once at the 701 Trailhead, simply hike north on Trail 701. This is a rolling and leisurely hike without much climbing. The trail ends at Jones Park Trail. From this point, follow the Route Description.
Route Description
Once at the intersection of Trail 701 and Jones Park Trail, continue West on Jones Park Trail a short distance (less than 0.5 mile). The trail crosses to the north side of Bear Creek and continues west.
Just west of the creek crossing, head north off of the trail. The terrain is not too difficult and you should be able to make good progress. Aim for the saddle that is east of Tuckaway and is west of Garfield, at about 10,160'. Once you reach this relatively flat spot, head north/northwest, to Tuckaway's northeast ridge. Aim for a small saddle that is northeast of Point 10,590. Slightly north of this saddle there is a great view of Pikes Peak.
Follow the ridge, circumventing Point 10,590 to the right. You will reach another saddle just below Point 10,590, just east of Tuckaway's summit. Now you have a short but interesting scramble to the summit. Head straight up toward the summit, circumventing a rock field to its left, or climbing straight over it. Keep going up until there's no more to climb! There is a tall rock which is the summit of the mountain, and at the base of the rock you will find a summit log... don't forget to sign in.
You can return to the trail the same way you came, or for a shortcut, get to the saddle between the summit and Point 10,590, and follow the gully southeast to the trail. You could actually follow this gully up as well for a more direct ascent.
Essential Gear
All you need are a good pair of hiking boots, food, water, and raingear. Water is available from Bear Creek and Cheyenne Creek, so bring a water filter if you want to tank up along the way.
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