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Monte Cristo Trailhead
Trailhead
Monte Cristo Trailhead 

Page Type: Trailhead

Location: Colorado, United States, North America

Lat/Lon: 39.38520°N / 106.0671°W

County: Summit

Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Elevation: 10900 ft / 3322 m

 

Page By: sisyphus

Created/Edited: Feb 14, 2006 / Feb 14, 2006

Object ID: 172044

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Driving Directions

From Breckenridge, drive 8 miles south on Colorado 9. Turn right (west) on the Blue Lakes #850 Road. Drive a few hundred yards and turn right on the McCullough Gulch #851 Road. There is a sign for the Quandary Peak Trail at this junction. Drive 0.1 mile to a small parking area on the right side of the road.

The U.S. Forest Service has installed a sign/kiosk that faces away from the road. Walk up the road to the next corner and the trail starts on the left. This is a new trailhead and replaces the previous trailhead 1 mile up the road. There is ample room for about 10 cars here, overflow should park along the road out of the way.

During Winter and Spring, this road is closed. There will be a plowed-out parking area at the beginning of McCullough Gulch #851 with room for about three cars.

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"I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."   --Albert Camus   

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