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Tag: Vallecito Creek

Hiking Vallecito Creek

Posted on September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 by rondungan

We hoisted big packs and tottered upstream, the day sunny, our brains foggy with the flotsam of a night spent in a Durango brewpub. Vallecito Creek offers a back door to Chicago Basin, where you’ll find some of the coolest peaks in southern Colorado. Yes, there is another way to gain access to the Basin…

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