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backpacking

4 Porch Notes tagged “backpacking,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Custer County

Camping rules in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness keep lakes and streams clear

In the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness above Westcliffe, special rules limit group size and keep camps and campfires set back from lakes and streams.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Conejos County

The South San Juan Wilderness fills the wild western edge of Conejos County

The South San Juan Wilderness covers much of western Conejos County, and as designated wilderness it allows foot and horse travel but no bikes or motorized vehicles.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Pitkin County

Conundrum Hot Springs is a long hike that needs a permit and a bear canister

The natural hot springs at Conundrum Creek sit deep in the wilderness south of Aspen, and reaching them overnight requires an advance permit and a bear canister.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Montezuma County

Lizard Head Wilderness holds the high headwaters of the Dolores

Northeast of Dolores, the Lizard Head Wilderness rises into the high San Juans and includes the West Dolores headwaters, with foot-and-horse-only travel reached from trailheads like Navajo Lake.

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