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.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 26.2
Waypoints
WPT001
Location: 39.1556816101074, -108.778930664062
Pollock-Flume trailhead; head SW along old roadway
WPT002
Location: 39.1526489257812, -108.784255981445
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: 39.1389808654785, -108.785804748535
Impassable alcove ahead. Turn L, scramble up slickrock; roughly follow eastern lip of mesa
WPT004
Location: 39.130199432373, -108.786308288574
Unmarked trail forks; descend SW back into Flume. Begin bushwhack
WPT005
Location: 39.1185836791992, -108.788230895996
Giant keyhole in canyon wall; fabulous views of side canyon
WPT006
Location: 39.1156005859375, -108.789398193359
Bear SW and head through rolling backcountry to dirt access road
WPT007
Location: 39.0941848754883, -108.812103271484
Dirt road; turn R
WPT008
Location: 39.1373176574707, -108.833183288574
Rattlesnake Arches Trailhead
WPT009
Location: 39.1408004760742, -108.837333679199
Veer R onto Pollock Canyon Trail, giant red-rock walls ahead
WPT010
Location: 39.1467170715332, -108.821380615234
Trail jct.; continue on Pollock
WPT011
Location: 39.1439323425293, -108.809814453125
Trail fades @ Pollock Creek; head N rejoining trail downstream
WPT012
Location: 39.146598815918, -108.80891418457
Turn R
WPT013
Location: 39.1459159851074, -108.796485900879
Head NE to WPT 2; return to trailhead
