Kenosha Pass Signals the End of Segment Five

 

She’s traveled 71.7 miles since we bid her farewell on July 25. Sun, rain, thunder, and lightening have joined her along the four days of the first five segments of this challenging journey and she is a day ahead of schedule.  She reached nearly 11,000 feet and hiked through the Lone Creek Wilderness Area, a 119,790-acre wilderness established in 1980. According to the Colorado Trail Foundation the last native bison was killed here in 1897

We had just set up our camp when she wandered into our site. The Kenosha Pass Campground is part of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest and is located on the Colorado Trail making this resupply very convenient. Her feet were aching, and she was tired but after 70 plus miles that was expected. And she was hungry! We pulled out food fast – sausage, crackers, fruit, cheese, and a beer!

Her pup Tallus was overjoyed seeing “mom” come into camp, jumping for joy at the sight of her. After a good night sleep in the Pod she was ready to pack up and move on. The next segment travel into the high country reaching close to 12,000 feet in the first segment from Kenosha to Gold Hill.

Trail Notes: We stayed in site 14 at Kenosha West and loved it. There’s was lots of privacy and it was further away from road then the rest of the sites.