Location
Colorado,
US
Distance
38.8 mi
Vertical Gain
4,344 ft
Description
GPS Track
DominguezLoopFKT.gpx1.66 MB
FKTs
Male
Female
Jeffrey Colt | 6h 24m 56s | |||
Kevin Hadfield | 7h 32m 20s | |||
Giff Walters | 7h 54m 40s | |||
Greg Mauger | 10h 35m 21s |
Courtney Clifton | 11h 32m 36s | |||
Cassie Taylor | 12h 6m 57s |
Comments
Headed out to give this a go tomorrow bright and early. https://maps.findmespot.com/s/0L4Q
Got out and did this loop on Saturday (04/17), I was about 20 minutes up on Giff so you'll see it up here in a couple days. Just a heads up **BE VERY CAREFUL** when navigating up or down off the mesa depending which direction you are running. I was about 10 degrees to the left of the ideal trajectory going up the mesa and ended up cliffed out having already scrambled over some low 5th class terrain and looking at about 100 feet of air below my feet. It's waaaaayyyy easier to climb up than down and climbing 5th class is difficult in Hokas period. Have fun out there.
Would you recommend doing the loop clockwise then to be climbing up at No Man’s Mesa? And how is water accessibility if you have a filter?
I would recommend clockwise like I did it. Not sure that it's really any easier to find the proper downclimb from above as the trail is pretty faint up there. Water is available pretty much only in Big Dominguez creek so up at the upper TH and all along the decent/ascent in Big Dominguez.
Heading out to give this a go on Saturday!