Took some time out to do some more editing of video I took on the Colorado Trail summer of 2010. Segment 6 stands out in my mind as a breakthrough. It's 32 miles and top elevation over Georgia Pass of 11,880 seemed daunting. We began our trip at Kenosha Pass Campground around 1pm in the afternoon. Our goal that day was just to knock off a few miles so we would have a easy trip the next day to the pass. After 6 miles we stopped to camp in Jefferson Lake Recreation Area, where a Ranger kindly told us where we could go just outside the boundry to camp with the horses. That year we also had a crew! Ev an old friend of Deb's agreed to help us out . Her background was vast and varied, she had even spent time as she said "on the ice" in Antartica. Ev would send us off and drive and meet us at the other end of the trail each day. Day 2 took us up and over Geogia Pass, just about timber line.
On the pass a helicopter flew just over our heads, and we discovered that they had spotted a herd of mountain goats. Before the establishment of the Colorado Territory in 1861 Georgia Pass was the boundary between the Kansas and Utah Territories. Georgia Pass is a scenic old wagon road that was used to transport supplies from the South Park area to the miners around Breckenridge. Don't be surprised to see 4 wheel drive traffic over the pass. At the top of Georgia Pass you have a nice view of Mount Guyot, which is the treeless cone shaped peak to the west. The peak of Mt. Guyot is 13,300 ft above sea level. On the other side you drop down toward Breckenridge. Ev met us around mile 19.7 on a turn , off of Tiger Rd at the North Fork of the Swan River. There was a nice open area to camp with the horses there. We had heavy rain that night, but woke to just a few sprinkles that cleared later in the day. The last 12 or so miles on the third day was an easy ride passing views of Keystone Ski Resort to the North and Breckenridge to the southwest. The trail ends as you pass through a mountain subdivision and reach Hwy 9.
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