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<div>second to last paragraph - it's fort cummins</div>
<div>the hyatt's are very hiker friendly but would like the route changed away from their home - if you go windmill to windmill you should miss their house<br>
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<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Keith and Mary</FONT></STRONG></div>
<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Trail Angels</FONT></STRONG></div>
<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Deming, NM</FONT></STRONG></div>
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From: hetchhetchyman <hetchhetchyman@aol.com><br>
To: cdt-l <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>
Sent: Fri, Feb 11, 2011 3:45 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] locked gates and Tresspassing signs on Columbus route<br>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">I know where you are talking about. Last year i missed the entrance to the canyon</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">cause i was following an antelope around round mountain.. anyways..</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">I was kinda nervous about those notes on the maps also so I made my own "alternate".</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">I ended going all the way to the road and following it up past Lake Valley ghost town </div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">and back to Berrenda canyon by the forest road. There was a sing like Rancho Amigo or something.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">Anyway i took the open gate to be my invitation and there were no signs until i reached a large blue steel gate about a mile from the CDT.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">I trespassed through the gate.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">Along the way i met the residents of the canyon that put the no tresspassing signs there.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">They are aware of CDT hikers and they would prefer we did not go through "their" backyard</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">but after i showed them my J. Ley maps and explained that CDT'ers are just passing through and were</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">totally harmless they said they really did not care all that much as long as we did not make fire or leave trash behind.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">When you see that canyon you will know why they are nervous about fire.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">In fact they showed me a brand new route around </div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">schoolhouse mountain to re-gain the CDT.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both"> </div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">Another almost unbelieveable thing happend regarding berrenda canyon later in Colorado. I met the current owners</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">of the Snowshoe lodge in Creede and they knew all about Berrenda canyon. They even speculated that the CDT</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">could be routed along the Cookes mountains and Cooke's peak itself someday. They had first hand knowledge of the</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">folks that live in Berrenda canyon and they also said they really are only concerned about hikers making fires there.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">By the way they also knew the Hyatts (Hyatt ranch) listed on J.Leys map as being unfriendly to hikers. they said the opposite is true.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">the Hyatts even let hikers get water from their house.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">When you reach the Ft Collins ruins go to the right around the hill. Stay on a course of about 100 degrees true and you come to a gravel road.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">This is the Hyatts driveway. If you follow it left(northish) you will top a low hill and see their homestead below. </div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">I am not saying to go knocking on their door but just to let you know where they are.</div>
<div style="CLEAR: both">-Iceaxe</div>
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