SW Colorado - 4WD Trout Adventure & Alpine Backroads 9/25/2013
Author: Brian Westfall
Last month I took a couple weeks and explored/fished/camped at some places I've been wanting to visit for several years now in both northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
Starting in Chama, NM, headed north through the Cumbres pass into Antonito and from there we spent several days along the Conejos and Alamosa drainages. Camping, exploring the backroads and many creeks, canyons and lakes of the area in search of some native Rio Grande trout.
We continued the trip traveling north through more passes, near Wolf and Pass Creeks and eventually into South Fork then headed north towards Lake City. Settled on a secluded site up on north fork Henson Creek below Wetterhorn Peak.
We spent a couple days exploring some of the lesser traveled routes in this area and hikes some trails, caught an insane amount of 8" brook trout from Henson Creek and its forks.
Drove Engineer over to Ouray and wrapped up the trip down at Vallecito Lake/Creek exploring some canyons and water down that.
Great trip to some places that I look forward to re-visiting in the future. Platoro & the surrounding peaks/creeks/views are spectacular and less traveled than many of the more popular spots of the San Juans.
Starting in Chama, NM, headed north through the Cumbres pass into Antonito and from there we spent several days along the Conejos and Alamosa drainages. Camping, exploring the backroads and many creeks, canyons and lakes of the area in search of some native Rio Grande trout.
We continued the trip traveling north through more passes, near Wolf and Pass Creeks and eventually into South Fork then headed north towards Lake City. Settled on a secluded site up on north fork Henson Creek below Wetterhorn Peak.
We spent a couple days exploring some of the lesser traveled routes in this area and hikes some trails, caught an insane amount of 8" brook trout from Henson Creek and its forks.
Drove Engineer over to Ouray and wrapped up the trip down at Vallecito Lake/Creek exploring some canyons and water down that.
Great trip to some places that I look forward to re-visiting in the future. Platoro & the surrounding peaks/creeks/views are spectacular and less traveled than many of the more popular spots of the San Juans.
