Old Leg 6 Directions

Old Directions!

Leg 6 – “Night on Bald Mountain”

Rolling Creek Trailhead to Lost Park Campground

Difficulty: Black Diamond

Length: 10.4 miles

Elevation gain/loss: 2,500/900 vertical feet

Driving directions to the start of Leg 6

6 miles, 25 minutes from the start of Leg 5

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 somewhat rough 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).

8.2 – After about 5 minutes of running through open meadows, turn left and cross a small footbridge, leaving the Colorado Trail. 100’ after crossing the bridge, turn left on grassy, faint singletrack on the Brookside/McGurdy Trail towards Lost Park CG. Don’t miss this turn.

10.3 – FINISH! Arrive at the Lost Park Campground. Turn right or left and look for your friends on the campground loop.