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Drive to Evergreen via your choice of routes. Just north of the Evergreen Dam, turn west to the Mountain Parks Golf Course. The Upper Bear Creek Road will take you to the Mt. Evans Game Management Area and Wilderness Area. Drive 6 miles on a paved road to Brookvale, at that point take the Camp Rock Road to the right. In two miles you’ll pass the Evans Ranch Road on your right. Stay to your left, and drive another 6 miles past the Bear Creek Guard Station and through the State Wildlife Area to the Camp Rock Campgrounds. This is where you leave your vehicles. Here is a neat area close to the Denver Area, but you are in the wilderness. Beartrack Lakes are located near Timberline at 11,200 feet on the north side of Epaulet Mountain and Rosalie Peak. There are trees around the perimeter of the lakes. A good side trip activity is to hike up to Roosevelt Lakes, some steep switchbacks will be encountered on the trail to Roosevelt Lakes. The trail: Beartrack Lakes is 5.9 miles (one-way) from Camp Rock Campground. From the parking area, there will be two trails. The Beaver Meadows Trail (FS44) goes to the west on an old road and the second trail is the Beartrack Lakes Trail (FS43). The Beartrack Trail is .5 miles shorter and is the recommended route to the Lakes. Beartrack Lakes Trail (FS43) is east of the parking area and is also an old road for a short distance. This trail works its way gradually uphill. About one-third of the distance up this trail you will cross a burned-out area called the Shelter House Burn which occurred in 1962. This burn is a good example for Scouts to see the results of a forest fire. The burned area will be about 1.5 miles duration. Raspberries can be found along the edge of the burned area in the later months of summer. At 4.5 miles Beartrack Lakes Trail intersects with the Cub Creek Trail (FS40). Turn northwest for .2 mile, then turn west for 1.5 miles on the final leg to Beartrack Lakes. Note: It should be mentioned that the Roosevelt Lakes Trail (FS56) intersects with the Beartrack Lakes Trail about .2 mile before arrival at Beartrack Lakes. The Roosevelt Lakes Trail goes south to these lakes and beyond; over the Pegmatite Points and down the Tanglewood Trail (FS636) to the Rosedale Trail (FS603) and Deer Creek Campground in the Bailey Area. Reference the Deer Creek Campground described under “Bailey I Buffalo Creek Area\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" for additional information south of the Bear Creek Basin.) On your return trip to your vehicle you can return on the same trail or you can take the Cub Creek Trail (FS40) north for 1.5 miles to the trail intersection with Beaver Meadows Trail (FS44). Turn right (northeast) and follow the Beaver Meadows Trail (FS44) back to Camp Rock CG.
Created on: 2024-09-07 15:40:14
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