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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear
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| Plant date: | Jul 6, 2025 |
| Location: | Lake Ann, Winfield, Co |
| City: | Buena Vista |
| County: | Chaffee |
| State: | Colorado |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Jul 14, 2025 |
Difficulty - Moderated
Distance to Letterbox: 10 mile rt
This box is located at Lake Ann. The hike is beautiful. Parking will depend on your vehicle, but if you have high clearance you can make it to upper lot. Also, nice ghost town of Winfield just before hike.
Directions:
Driving Direction from Buena Vista: From the traffic light at the intersection of U.S.24 and Country Road 306 in downtown Buena Vista, travel north on U.S. Hwy 24 for 15 miles to County Road (CR) 390 / Clear Creek Reservoir Road. Turn left (west) on Clear Creek Road / CR 390 and follow the gravel road, which turns into Forest Road 120, for 11.7 miles to the ghost town of Winfield. In Winfield turn left (south) on Forest Road (FR) 390.2B. The road crosses Clear Creek on a bridge. Hikers who do not have a high clearance/4WD vehicle should turn left (east) after 0.1 miles into a large parking lot and camping area. *** If you have a high clearance/4WD vehicle, continue 0.7 miles on the rough road to an intersection and bear right. (Don’t take the road to the left that heads uphill towards Browns Peak.) Continue up FR 390.2b for 1.3 miles to the parking lot at the end of the road. (Total distance from the Clear Creek Road to the trailhead is 2.0 miles.) Note: This road crosses streams and negotiates deep ditches and potholes. Don’t try to take a 2WD, low clearance vehicle on this road.
To the Letterbox:
Hike the trail to Lake Ann. As you come to the lake, the trail curves left above the shore. You will come to 2 large boulders off the left side of the trail (about 20 yards before 1st trees along trail on left). The box is between the boulders in split, under a 6 inch rock.
The small 4WD parking area can get quite crowded since it also serves as the parking lot for Huron Peak, a popular 14er.
Distance to Letterbox: 10 mile rt
This box is located at Lake Ann. The hike is beautiful. Parking will depend on your vehicle, but if you have high clearance you can make it to upper lot. Also, nice ghost town of Winfield just before hike.
Directions:
Driving Direction from Buena Vista: From the traffic light at the intersection of U.S.24 and Country Road 306 in downtown Buena Vista, travel north on U.S. Hwy 24 for 15 miles to County Road (CR) 390 / Clear Creek Reservoir Road. Turn left (west) on Clear Creek Road / CR 390 and follow the gravel road, which turns into Forest Road 120, for 11.7 miles to the ghost town of Winfield. In Winfield turn left (south) on Forest Road (FR) 390.2B. The road crosses Clear Creek on a bridge. Hikers who do not have a high clearance/4WD vehicle should turn left (east) after 0.1 miles into a large parking lot and camping area. *** If you have a high clearance/4WD vehicle, continue 0.7 miles on the rough road to an intersection and bear right. (Don’t take the road to the left that heads uphill towards Browns Peak.) Continue up FR 390.2b for 1.3 miles to the parking lot at the end of the road. (Total distance from the Clear Creek Road to the trailhead is 2.0 miles.) Note: This road crosses streams and negotiates deep ditches and potholes. Don’t try to take a 2WD, low clearance vehicle on this road.
To the Letterbox:
Hike the trail to Lake Ann. As you come to the lake, the trail curves left above the shore. You will come to 2 large boulders off the left side of the trail (about 20 yards before 1st trees along trail on left). The box is between the boulders in split, under a 6 inch rock.
The small 4WD parking area can get quite crowded since it also serves as the parking lot for Huron Peak, a popular 14er.