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Wild Basin is located in the southeast corner of Rocky Mountain National Park. It provides both beginning and intermediate cross-country skiing. If you are an intermediate or advanced skier you can go to Calypso Cascades or Ouzel Falls. These two sites can be quite spectacular when frozen during the winter. How to get there: Drive to Boulder, then north on CO36 to Lyons. At Lyons take CO7 to Raymond, and continue north on CO7 to the intersection with CO72. It is another 7 miles north on CO7 through Allenspark to the access road to Wild Basin Ranger Station. Proceed about .5 miles on a dirt road and park at Copeland Lake where the snowplows clear a skier parking area; noted on the Wild Basin Area map as (P)1. The trail: Begin skiing on the road around the south side of the lake. Ski west on the road, when you come to a fork in the road take the left fork. You will cross several bridges and eventually come to the Wild Basin Ranger Station. Continue west, at about 3.5 miles you will cross a foot bridge. Beyond this point, the trail gets steeper and more advanced. In .5 miles you will come across Calypso Cascades. Another .7 mile beyond Calypso Cascades will bring you to Ouzel Falls.
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