Leg 5 Directions

Leg 5 – Lost Creek Wilderness

Rolling Creek Trailhead to North Fork Trailhead

• Description: An epic run through the Lost Creek Wilderness. Big elevation gain!
• Difficulty: Black Diamond
• Length: 8.4 miles
• Elevation (+/-): 2,400/550 vertical feet

Driving Directions to the start of Leg 5

• 6 miles, 25 minutes from the start of Leg 4
• From the Buffalo Trailhead, turn left on FS543F and head back out to FS-550. 
• Turn left on FS-550 (Redskin Creek Road) and go 0.3 miles. Turn right to stay on FS-550 (Redskin Creek Road) as FS-543 (Buffalo Creek Road) goes left. 
• After 2.2 miles, bear left to stay on FS-550 as FS-553 goes right. 
• After 1.9 miles, turn left on Wellington Lake Road (Country-68) and go 1.1 miles. 
• At a sign for the Colorado Trail, turn right on FS-543H. 
• Follow this bumpy road uphill for 0.3 miles to reach the Rolling Creek Trailhead.

Running Directions

0.0 – START! From the Rolling Creek Trailhead, bear right onto the Colorado Trail. (Don’t take the Rolling Creek Trail!)

0.7 – Bear left as the singletrack becomes doubletrack.

1.5 – Enter Lost Creek Wilderness (as indicated by a sign on the right).

2.9 – Continue straight on the Colorado Trail as “Payne Creek Trail #637” goes right.

5.1 – Turn left at a sign for the Colorado Trail as a large pile of sticks and logs blocks the doubletrack.

7.5 – Exit the Lost Creek Wilderness (as indicated by a wooden sign on the left).

8.4 – After about 5 minutes of running through open meadows, turn left and cross a small footbridge, arriving at the North Fork Trailhead. Camp!

Running Map:

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