Spring fun and camping begin when we make our annual trip to Durango. This year we headed down Mother's Day weekend, leaving around 1 on Friday. It was a short trip - almost too short for the harrowing drive over Red Mountain Pass, but it was worth it. We biked the Telegraph Trail System - the southern end, and stayed at the Junction Creek Campground. The Telegraph trails are awesome - lots of nice rolling singletrack. No brutal climbs, nothing super technical... there is a trail head behind the Sonic in town, then about 2 miles further south on Hwy 3 is the Carbon Junction trailhead, then a mile or so further down, behind Wal-Mart on a frontage road (turn off 550 onto Dominguez - left) is Big Canyon Trail head, and finally, at the very end of this frontage road, is the Sale Barn trail head. That's where we started.
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| This is a very bad picture of one of the sign post maps on the trail. Our Saturday route is in orange and Sunday's route is in turquoise. Both were ridden counter-clockwise. |
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| To get to the campground: From the north end of town (like you're coming in from Silverton), go south on 550 to 25th street. There is a sign pointing you towards the Colorado Trail and Junction Creek Campground. Turn right. Continue until you reach the campground - about 3 miles. |
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| View of the upper part of the Sale Barn trail |
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| View of the Big Canyon trail |
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| Me on the Cowboy trail Sunday |
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| Our campsite |
