I mentioned in yesterday's post that our quest to find North Clear Creek Falls on July 4th took a while. This is because we were under the impression that it was just outside the town limits of Creede, but this is not the case. It's more like 20 or 25 miles away. You take the Silver Thread Scenic Byway out of town (and trust me when I say it's very scenic indeed), then look for the sign and turn right, and there it is. The falls are not visible at all from the road, and there's only the one sign to tell you where to turn, so if you don't see the sign, you're screwed. Which is exactly what what happened. Eventually we found ourselves cresting not just Spring Creek Pass but also Slumgullion Pass. In fact, we overshot the falls by about 20 miles! A little past the summit of Slumgullion Pass there's a pullover where you can get an amazing view of Lake San Cristobal (above), but more importantly for us in that moment, we finally got enough of a phone signal there for us to search for driving directions. I took a picture of the lake while Pat used the Google. The rest of these pictures were taken either elsewhere on Slumgullion Pass or somewhere on the Silver Thread Scenic Byway. Not a bad place to get lost, right? Unless you're hanging out with Alferd Packer, that is. Then maybe not so much. 😉
I swear this was taken in a parking lot, somewhere along the scenic byway. What a beautiful part of Colorado! You should visit it sometime!
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Ha. When I saw those falls, we were using my husband's memory and a big paper state map, the kind unfolds. Those were the days. Glad you finally found them but you had consolation in roaming some beautiful country for sure.
@JudithK as we were doubling back from Scumgullion Pass, we were actually saying that we wished we'd had a paper map in the car with us. We do actually own a Colorado map but I guess it's somewhere in the house, exactly where it was least useful. Ha! Into the car it shall go.
I can see you now, unfolding and searching....and refolding.
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