Telluride Trails

“San Juan” Don, as many call him, has been whole-hog about hiking and biking the Telluride area for over fifteen years. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York, and deejayed at a local community radio station in Colorado. Don has lived in Aspen, and San Jose, California, with short stints in Utah, Texas, and Alaska. Originally from Ohio, Don lived in Colorado for years, and now makes his home in Portland, Oregon.

Contents
 
Preface
Overview Map
 
Chapter 1. Far Northwest Telluride
1     Alder Creek Trail 510
2     North Pole Peak
3     Hayden Peak
4     Unnamed Point 12,700
5     Box Factory Park West Ridge Loop
6     Deep Creek Upper Canyon
7     S-5
8     S-6
9     Deep Creek Upper Basin
10   S-7
11   Ruffner Mountain
12   S-8
13   S-9
14   S-10
 
Chapter 2. Northwest Telluride
15   Deep Creek Trail 418
16   Whipple Mountain Trail 419 to Whipple Mountain
17   Han Shan
18   Campbell Peak to Iron Mountain Loop
19   Iron Mountain
20   T-0
21   West Dallas Peak
22   Mill Creek Trail to Waterline Trail
23   Eider Creek Trail
24   San Juan Don’s Loop
 
Chapter 3. North Telluride
25   Sneffels Highline Trail 434
26   Greenback Mountain
27   Mount Emma
28   Cornet Creek Falls
29   Jud Wiebe Trail 432
30   Liberty Bell Trail
 
Chapter 4. Far North Telluride (Ridgway–Ouray–Montrose)
31   Blue Lakes Trail 201 to Blue Lakes Pass
32   Blue Lakes West Basin
33   S-3
34   S-4
35   Blaine Basin Trail 203
36   Blaine Peak
37   Gilpin Peak
38   Stony Mountain
39   Mount Sneffels
 
Chapter 5. Northeast Telluride
40   Sheridan Crosscut Trail
41   Owl Gulch Ridge Trail 420
42   Mendota Peak
43   T-5
44   Tomboy Road FS 869 to Imogene Pass
45   Chicago Peak to Little Chicago Peak
 
Chapter 6. East Telluride
46   Bridal Veil Falls to Power Station
47   Telluride Peak (Proper)
48   Ajax Peak
49   Telluride Peak (Observed)
50   Black Bear Pass to Trico Peak
51   T-10
 
Chapter 7. Southeast Telluride
52   Grays Basin
53   Ingram Peak Loop
54   Mud Lake
55   Blue Lake
56   Lewis Lake
57   T-11
58   Jackass Basin
59   Silver Lake
60   Bear Creek Trail
61   Deertrail Basin to Unnamed Point 12,230
62   Ballard Mountain
63   Ballard’s Horn
64   La Junta Peak
65   La Junta Basin
66   Wasatch Mountain
67   Wasatch Trail 508
68   Oscar’s Peak
 
Chapter 8. Town and South Telluride
69   Town of Telluride
70   Lena Basin
71   Gold Hill
72   Telluride Ski Area
73   Palmyra Peak
74   Bald Mountain
75   Silver Mountain
76   Silver Mountain Little or Big Ridge Loop
 
Chapter 9. Far South Telluride (Ophir–Silverton–Durango)
77   Galloping Goose Trail to Lizard Head Pass
78   Ophir Pass to Crystal Lake
79   Lookout Peak
80   Columbine Lake Trail 509
81   Swamp Canyon to Grant-Swamp Pass
82   V-2
83   V-3
84   Waterfall Canyon to Yellow Mountain
85   Hope Lake Trail 410
86   Pilot Knob
87   Golden Horn
88   Vermilion Peak
89   Fuller Peak
90   Beattie Peak
91   V-8
92   V-9
93   San Miguel Peak
94   Ice Lake Trail 505 and Island Lake
95   V-4
96   US Grant Peak
97   Twin Sisters
98   Rolling Mountain
 
Chapter 10. Far Southwest Telluride (Rico–Cortez–Durango)
99   Cross Mountain Trail to Point 12,038
100 Cross Mountain
101 Lizard Head Trail 409 to Black Face
102 Bilk Creek Trail 408
103 Wilson Peak
104 Sunshine Mountain
105 Wilson Mesa Trail 421
106 Woods Lake Trail 406
107 Elk Creek Trail 407
108 Navajo Lake Trail 635
109 Kilpacker Trail 203 to El Diente Peak
110 Mount Wilson Loop
 
Acknowledgments
Index