Recreation Region: Mount Zirkel/Park Range Area

Encampment Tie Hack Trailhead

Small interpretive panels on tie hack history; access to short trail to cabin ruins and other cultural sites. This is a non-motorized, multi-use trail.

General Information

Review wilderness regulations before recreating in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness.

No fees are required for this site

Free

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 40.9887

Longitude: -106.7979

Directions

Directions from Walden, go north on Highway 125 for 9 miles to Cowdrey. Turn left at Cowdrey onto County Road 6W for 19 miles past Pearl. Turn left on County Road 6B. This road will soon turn into Forest Road 80. Follow Forest Road 80 for approximately 12 miles to the Encampment Tie Hack Trailhead.