VDU001
Location: 41.1597175598144, -105.375732421875
WFollow signs for Turtle Rock Trail on L side of park road; trail leads over small wooded hump, veers W @ handicap lot
VDU002
Location: 41.1609001159668, -105.37646484375
West trailhead: Well-packed trail heads under dense aspen grove with boulders Legoed together on R
VDU003
Location: 41.1628341674805, -105.382179260254
Look for climbers on granite face; trail swings N, gently climbs
VDU004
Location: 41.1675682067871, -105.380401611328
L @ T, off main trail; pass boggy pond on L then turn R onto unnamed, sometimes soggy user trail
VDU005
Location: 41.1710014343262, -105.379531860352
Veer R into a graveyard of beaver-chewed tree stumps
VDU006
Location: 41.1724014282227, -105.373435974121
Keep R (path well-used)
VDU007
Location: 41.1724815368652, -105.365936279297
Stay straight and head E; trail fades briefly while crossing marshy banks of Middle Creek. Rejoin trail and turn R
VDU008
Location: 41.1714820861816, -105.357719421387
Leaking magma plus strong W winds created the jigsaw formations of Reynolds Hill and Devils Playground on L
VDU009
Location: 41.1710510253906, -105.354698181152
Cross logs over willow-lined creek twice then turn R onto wider trail
VDU010
Location: 41.1668167114258, -105.355484008789
Turn R then R again @ Y onto closed jeep track near 700DA sign
VDU011
Location: 41.1692008972168, -105.364852905273
Bear L (SW) off jeep track into coniferous-wooded gully for easy .3-mi. bushwhack to the Turtle Rock Trail
VDU012
Location: 41.1669654846191, -105.369415283203
Turn L onto Turtle Rock Trail
VDU013
Location: 41.1646842956543, -105.365501403809
Giant egg-shaped boulder sits on R under striking granite shapes (up to 500 ft.); continue S to skirt stream
VDU014
Location: 41.1622505187988, -105.36678314209
Pass through green gate, veer L and continue .2 mile to E trailhead. Hike campground road back to car
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