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« on: March 30, 2009, 03:33:14 PM »
SPRUCE KNOB SENECA CREEK
June 20th-22


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DIRECTIONS
From the north: Take Whitmer Road (CO-29) south from US-33 (one mile west of Harman) to Whitmer for 8.3 miles. From Whitmer continue south on Whitmer Road for 10.3 miles and turn left on Forest Road 1 for 2.5 miles to the campground and lake.

From the south: Turn left onto Forest Road 112 for approximately 11 miles to the lake.
From the east: Take Briery Gap Road (CO-33/4 at Gateway General Store) 2 miles south of Riverton off US-33 for 2.5 miles to Forest Road 112 and follow the signs to Spruce Knob.



Meet late evening on the 19th or early morning on the 20th. Start by 9 am at the lookout tower top of Spruce Knob, Wispering Spruce Trail and on to Huckleberry Trail. No water along this stretch.


Start at Spruce Knob FR 104 at the Look Out Tower. Take the Wispering Spruce Trail from the lookout tower to Huckleberry Trail #533. Trail #533 intersects Lumberjack Trail #534 and Horton


Trail #530. Continue on to Horton Trail #530 for a short distance and intersect Judy Spring Trail #512. ( Pending time and conditions, we could continue on Horton Trail #530 for a few more miles and intersect Seneca trail #515 further north.) or take Judy Spring Trail #512 and shorten our mileage and intersect Seneca Creek Trail #515. Continue on Seneca Creek Trail #515 to FR 112. We will park a shuttle here.

Seneca Creek Trail: Seneca Creek has many waterfalls cascading into clear pools. The trail crisscrosses the creek several times. Hikers must ford the creek as there are no footbridges. (5 miles)

Judy Springs Trail connects Huckleberry Trail to Seneca Creek providing another route from the top of Spruce Mountain to the creek. The trail gets its name from a spring located at the western end that feeds Seneca Creek. For most of the way, the trail passes through an open meadow that was once used for grazing cattle. (1 mile)

Huckleberry Trail connects Seneca Creek to the summit of Spruce Knob. The trail climbs 1,000 feet from Seneca Creek to the top of Spruce Mountain passing through hardwood forests and small clearings. Once on the ridge, the trail heads south for three miles before reaching the Spruce Knob Tower parking lot. Hiking along the ridge offers breathtaking vistas to the east and west. Blueberries, huckleberries and azaleas are abundant here. (6 miles)

Whispering Spruce Trail encircles the Spruce Knob tower. Visitors can feel what life is like for the plants and animals living above 4,000 feet in the Allegheny Mountains. This nature trail winds through windblown rock where one can feel the sharp west wind blow. It then leads out to a point where giant boulders are scattered through an open field. Exceptional views to the east and west are seen beyond. From this point the trail enters a thick spruce patch protected from the wind where visitors can peek through breaks in the trees to see the North Fork valley below and the mountains fading into Virginia. Beyond the stand of spruce, the trail forks; left leads back to the tower and right leads through a blueberry patch speckled with azalea bushes before reaching the parking lot. The wide hard gravelled path has gentle slopes. (1/2 mile)

Horton Trail is named after a settlement along Gandy Creek north of Whitmer. This area was booming in the logging days of the early 1900's. Trails such as this one were the routes loggers followed over the mountains to get to work. Horton Trail follows Lower Two Spring run up to the top of Allegheny Mountain. Trout can be seen in the stream. The trail crosses over Allegheny Mountain and descends steeply into Seneca Creek. Northern hardwood forests surround the trail. (3 miles)




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