Chalk Pass Hike 1-1

Chalk Pass Hike 1-1

Chalk Pass Hike 1-1 is a section of the Colorado and Continental Divide Trail System

  Trail leads to the south climbing up over Chalk Pass and onto Monarch Pass from the Ghost Town of Hancock, Colorado. Hike up to Chalk Pass and back is 6.4 miles with an elevation gain of 1188 feet.  

Road is damp from morning rain, Mount Prince in the back ground

Few horses grazing in the morning light of dawn

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Horses grazing below the continental divide on a summer morning

Alpine Trail head sign displaying some RXBars, my favorite protein bar, you can to Alpine Tunnel, Tunnel Lake, Tin Cup Pass to the north or south on to Hancock lakes, Chalk Pass and on to Monarch Pass

Sign heading south up past the turn off to Hancock Pass or straight up Hancock Lakes on to Chalk Pass

First mile of the trail is a Jeep road, there are several campsites at the trail head

Wildflowers dot the trail with streams of color along the trail to the pass

Early mornings hiking toward the sky on foot

Plenty of trail markers on this section of trail, I know there is a cut off just recently build, not sure where it comes in on this section of trail

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