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When visiting Camp Tahosa consider taking a hiking trip to Brainard Lake. There are two routes to Brainard Lake from Tahosa. Cars can be taken to the Long Lake parking area, noted on the map as (P)1, for a return trip back to Tahosa or you can hike back on another trail, making a loop. How to get there: To access Camp Tahosa from Denver drive northwest to Boulder. Take Canyon Blvd, or Arapahoe Ave. west, the streets eventually merge into CO119. Continue west into Nederland. In Nederland turn north on CO72. You will past the outskirts of Ward, 4.5 miles beyond Ward turn off CO72 west onto CR96 to Camp Tahosa. There is a sign for Tahosa on CO72, but it appears quickly so be on the lookout for the sign. The trail: The shortest hiking route to Brainard Lake is the South St. Vrain Trail (FS909) which starts on CR96 just east of the entrance to Tahosa. The trail starts along the south side of CR96 just about a 100 feet from CO72. This trail goes up the South St. Vrain Creek drainage and parallels the creek at certain times. Several intersecting trails will be passed such as the Sourdough Trail (FS835). The South St. Vrain Trail is 4.5 miles and exits just north of the Long Lake Parking area (P)1, which is just northwest of Brainard Lake. The loop trail that returns to Tahosa is the Beaver Creek Trail, FS911, and goes north from where the South St. Vrain Trail ends. Travel north on FS911 passing the trail to Mitchell and Blue Lakes (FS912) and passing the Mt. Audubon Trail (FS913) at 1.5 miles; continue north on Beaver Creek Trail (FS911) to Coney Flats (another 2.5 miles). At Coney Flats you will intersect with the Coney Flats Road which is FSR507. Follow FSR507 (also known as CR96J) east for 3.5 miles (stay to the left, several old roads will go off to the south), you will exit on CR96 just northwest of Beaver Reservoir. It is an additional 2.5 miles back along CR96 to the Camp Tahosa property. The loop trip is 12.7 miles if you start and return to Tahosa on foot. This mileage can be shorten by driving to Brainard Lake or placing vehicles at Beaver Reservoir.
Created on: 2024-09-08 11:57:39