[Cdt-l] Creede vs. Lake City

[Jim and/or Ginny Owen]

When we passed through Silverthorne in 2006 we stayed at a motel (Super 8 I think) that was on the edge of Silverthorne and Dillon.  It was handy in that it was about a mile from the grocery and outdoor store and the bus to the PO ran right in front.  The nearest decent restaurant was the Dillon Dam Brewery.  We got our usual big burger and bear there and IIRC, they were both quite good.  I was amazed at the number of brewpubs along the CDT.  Nice to have the list.  As to Steamboat, there's a great little burger & beer place off the main drag on a side road called Three Z's where the locals go. On our first thruhike we asked a Forest Ranger in Mt. Zirkel where to go to get the biggest baddest most juicy and fattening burger in town - he sent us to Three Zs.

 

Ginny

http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/


 
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:22:16 -0700
> From: CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu
> To: jonathan at phlumf.com; cdt-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] Creede vs. Lake City
> 
> Ah, that answered a future question about brewpubs in CO. I'm planning on
> making a side trip down to Boulder to swill beer at Avery, but now it looks
> like I'm set in Grand Lake, Frisco, Pagosa Springs, and Salida. If only
> someone would open a joint in Steamboat!
> 
> Suge
> 
> 
> On 3/18/09 6:44 PM, "Jonathan Ley" <jonathan at phlumf.com> wrote:
> 
> > Suge,
> > 
> > You might find this useful:
> > http://www.beer100.com/brewpubs_a_to_k/colorado.htm
> > 
> > Seems you're out of luck in either option ;-)
> > 
> > -Jonathan
> > 
> > 
> > Paul Magnanti wrote:
> >> If you want "interesting", Lake City has the Tic Toc Diner! IIRC, this
> >> diner was
> >> from Chicago originally.
> >> 
> >> In the "gee...that's a little morbid category", one the way down to Lake City
> >> is site of the Alfred Packer er...incident.
> >> 
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alferd_Packer
> >> 
> >> The CU-Boulder dining hall proudly has an eating area named after him!
> >> 
> >> LC was also going to the be the site of "Northern Exposure" originally, but
> >> was too remote from Denver.
> >> 
> >> Now in Creede, I remember having an AWESOME burger when I did the Colorado
> >> Trail back in 2004. When it is snowing out,
> >> you are wet and hungry... half-pound of beef, with bacon washed down with a
> >> beer is just pure nirvana. Tommy Knockers was the place IIRC. Not a brewpub,
> >> but a good quasi-locals place. Had pool tables! Music! A real bar! They DO
> >> NOT sell freakin' Texas souvenirs in this place. :) (When you get to Creede
> >> or Lake City, you'll see what I mean!)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> (Sorry, no good burger stories from the CDT in Creede)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> In the boring, prosaic manner..Creede is probably a (marginally) easier hitch
> >> than Lake City. Of course, if you look like me on the long trails, hitches
> >> are going to be hard
> >> in general. ;)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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