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Grand Junction: Flume Crk
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| Author: | jblackstone |
| Activity: | Not Specified |
| State: | Colorado (CO) |
| Distance: | 16.53 mi |
| Difficulty: | 5 / 10 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
This 17.2-mile hike strings together two monster canyons with a hardy bushwhack across red-rock backcountry. TO TRAILHEAD: I-70 to exit 19 (Fruita). Take CO 340 1.5 miles to Kings View Drive. Go 3.2 miles to parking lot on L.
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WPT01
| Distance: 16.53 mi | Points: 1894 |
Flume-Pollack Canyons
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WPT001
Location: 39.155682, -108.778900Pollock-Flume trailhead. Head SW along old roadway
WPT002
Location: 39.152649, -108.784302Turn L @ T, descend 0.2 mi.; turn L into Flume Canyon. Choose your own route along unmarked trails in canyon floor and rim edge
WPT003
Location: 39.138981, -108.785797Impassable alcove ahead. Turn L, scramble up slickrock; roughly follow eastern lip of mesa
WPT004
Location: 39.130199, -108.786301Unmarked trail forks; descend SW back into Flume. Begin bushwhack
WPT005
Location: 39.118580, -108.788200Giant keyhole in canyon wall; fabulous views of side canyon
WPT006
Location: 39.115601, -108.789398Bear SW and head through rolling backcountry to dirt access road
WPT007
Location: 39.094181, -108.812103Dirt road; turn R
WPT008
Location: 39.137321, -108.833199Rattlesnake Arches Trailhead
WPT009
Location: 39.140800, -108.837303Veer R onto Pollock Canyon (Old Ute Indian Trail), continue on Pollack Trail, giant redrock walls ahead
WPT010
Location: 39.146721, -108.821404Trail junction; Continue on Pollock
WPT011
Location: 39.143929, -108.809799Trail fades @ Pollock Creek; head N rejoining trail downstream
WPT012
Location: 39.146599, -108.808899Turn R
WPT013
Location: 39.145920, -108.796501Head NE to waypoint 2; return to trailhead
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