Grand Junction: Flume Creek-Pollock Creek Canyons

Grand Junction: Flume Creek-Pollock Creek Canyons

This 17.2-mile hike strings together two monster canyons with a hardy bushwhack across red-rock backcountry.

Author:	Backpacker Magazine
Date:	15 Mar 2007 11:32:57 AM
Activity:	Hiking ActivitySearchHiking
State:	Colorado (CO)
Distance:	17.2 mi (Change units)
Elevation:	Total Gain: 5180 ft Total Loss: 5057 ft Net Change: 123 ft
Difficulty:	9 / 10
Tags:	Colorado, Grand Junction, Hiking, Loma
Rating:	1 rating(s) Rate it

TO TRAILHEAD: I-70 to exit 19 (Fruita). Take CO 340 1.5 mi. to Kings View Dr. Go 3.2 mi. to parking lot on L.

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WPT01

Dist: 16.25 mi	Points: 1894	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Flume-Pollack Canyons

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WPT001

Location: 39.155682°, -108.778931°
Pollock-Flume trailhead; head SW along old roadway

WPT002

Location: 39.152649°, -108.784256°
Turn 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°, -108.785805°
Impassable alcove ahead. Turn L, scramble up slickrock; roughly follow eastern lip of mesa

WPT004

Location: 39.130199°, -108.786308°
Unmarked trail forks; descend SW back into Flume. Begin bushwhack

WPT005

Location: 39.118584°, -108.788231°
Giant keyhole in canyon wall; fabulous views of side canyon

WPT006

Location: 39.115601°, -108.789398°
Bear SW and head through rolling backcountry to dirt access road

WPT007

Location: 39.094185°, -108.812103°
Dirt road; turn R

WPT008

Location: 39.137318°, -108.833183°
Rattlesnake Arches Trailhead

WPT009

Location: 39.140800°, -108.837334°
Veer R onto Pollock Canyon Trail, giant red-rock walls ahead

WPT010

Location: 39.146717°, -108.821381°
Trail jct.; continue on Pollock

WPT011

Location: 39.143932°, -108.809814°
Trail fades @ Pollock Creek; head N rejoining trail downstream

WPT012

Location: 39.146599°, -108.808914°
Turn R

WPT013

Location: 39.145916°, -108.796486°
Head NE to WPT 2; return to trailhead

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