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Slaughter House Gulch Trail Colorado
With spring on it's way everyone was getting ready for the new season and just couldn't wait any longer, so a few members of On The Rocks decided to make a quick run up to Slaughterhouse Gulch.
Head South from Denver on U.S. 285 (approximately 24.5 miles from where US285 crosses under C470). There is a traffic light about 0.1 mile before you Crow Hill (N 39*26.275' W105*27.445'). The intersection is a bit odd, but it should be labeled as "Deer Creek" and/or Park County Road 43. Make 2 right turns in rapid succession effectively doubling-back on the direction you were headed on 285 (this will place you on Park County Road 43 headed Northeast). Stay on PC43 for 6.7 miles (PC43 will cross over Deer Creek and turn to a more Northwesterly direction). Turn left onto "Saddlestring Road" (N 39*29.876' W105*31.771' - If you get to the "Y" sign you've gone about 100' too far). Saddlestring Road is an improved residential dirt road with small ditches on both sides. Stay on Saddlestring Road for 0.2 miles (crossing the creek again) as the road bends to the left look for (and turn onto) Forest Service Road 101. Run on FSR101 for2.5 miles to the steel "Slaughterhouse Gulch, Crow Gulch" sign. This is as good of a place as any to take care of air and other chores.
Take the left fork to Crow Gulch for 1.1 miles to the Slaughterhouse Gulch sign. At the Slaughterhouse Gulch sign, turn right to run up a hill and into the trees. Stay on this trail for a while and you will come down into an open grassy area with a "T" intersection. For the most part, people call this "the lower end of Slaughterhouse Gulch". Turning left at the "T" runs into private property (and is quite closed and marked VERY well), so turn right at the T to complete the trail. There will be few small depressions along the way and some very shallow stream crossings, all of which are made more interesting with rain, snow, and/or snow-melt. At the top of a climb you will pass through a Forest Service gate (if it's closed, re close it once you have passed). You will descend a hill that seems quite long as you run back to the other end of the gulch to get back to the Slaughterhouse Gulch sign.
More information about Slaughter House Gulch south of Denver, Colorado:
http://www.mhjcontherocks.com/Community/Trips/177.aspx
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