Rollinsville

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Founded by cattle rancher John Q. A. Rollins in 1861, the town developed from a cattle trail stop to a mining camp and then a way-station on the wagon road over the Continental Divide. Unlike most mining towns, no saloons, gambling houses or dance halls were allowed. A stamp mill was built in 1861 to process gold ore from nearby mines and a post office arrived in Rollinsville 1871. Surrounded by national forest land, the unincorporated town is now a gateway to the James Peak Wilderness Area with a brewery, coffee shop, distillery, post office and more.

KELLY DAHL N.F. CAMPGROUND | MM 22 Hwy. 119 Kelly Dahl, located about 1.1 miles north of Rollinsville on CO. Hwy. 119 / Peak to Peak Scenic Byway, offers 46 single-family sites for tents, trailers or RVs. Twenty sites are first-come, first-served. Each site has a picnic table and campfire ring with grill. Vault toilets, drinking water, and trash collection are provided. A playground for small children is in the campground. There is no electricity, utility hookups, dump stations or showers. EAST PORTAL TRAILHEAD & MOFFAT TUNNEL | MM 20.9 Hwy. 119 +8 miles This trailhead, 8 miles west on C.R. 16 / Tolland Road from CO. Hwy. 119 / Peak to Peak Scenic Byway, offers a large parking area, vault toilets and access to hiking, fishing and horseback riding on South Boulder Creek Trail, Forest Lakes Trail, Crater Lakes Trail, Ute Trail and Continental Divide Trail in James Peak Wilderness. The East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel is a 6.2-mile bore under the Continental Divide for trains and water. When it opened in 1928, it reduced a five-hour, 27-mile trip over Corona (Rollins) Pass to just 12 minutes. It continues to be actively used by freight and passenger trains.

Crater Lakes Trail (#819): Climbs steeply about 2.2 miles from the trailhead on the South Boulder

Creek Trail and reaches Lower Crater Lake in 3 miles and Rogers Pass in 4.6 miles.

South Boulder Creek Trail (#900): Begins north of the train tunnel and soon enters James Peak

Wilderness Area (wilderness restrictions apply). It provides access to Crater Lakes in 3 miles, Forest Lakes in 3.9 miles and reaches Heart Lake in 4.2 miles and Rogers Pass, where it intersects the

Continental Divide Trail, in 4.6 miles.

Forest Lakes Trail (#809): Begins 1.2 miles from the trailhead on the South Boulder Creek Trail.

The trail leads around the lower lake and continues west to the upper Forest Lake, finally connecting to the Moffat Road another .25 mile past upper Forest Lake. JAMES PEAK LAKE TRAILHEAD | MM 20.9 Hwy. 119 +14.2 miles The remote, undeveloped trailhead in the James Peak Wilderness (wilderness restrictions apply) provides access to the James Peak Lake Trail (#804), which reaches James Peak Lake in 1.1 mile, and Ute Trail (#803), which leads to Little Echo Lake and Continental Divide Trail. Follow Tolland Road 5.1 miles and turn south onto C.R. 4N / Mammoth Gulch at the town of Tolland. After 3.5 miles take a right onto N.F. Road 353. The road is very rough and high clearance vehicles with 4WD are recommended. Follow NFSR 353 west for 3.3 miles to the trailhead. The road continues to Saint Mary’s Glacier area. FOREST LAKES TRAILHEAD & MOFFAT ROAD | MM 20.9 Hwy. 119 +18.4 miles Forest Lakes Trailhead is about 12 miles from East Portal Trailhead up the Moffat Road, a rough, native-surface road with many potholes and sections of one-lane road. Vehicles with high clearance are recommended. It provides access to hiking, fishing and horse riding along the Forest Lakes Trail in the James Peak Wilderness (wilderness restrictions apply). Parking is limited. SOUTH BOULDER CREEK INTERPRETIVE PICNIC SITE | MM 20.9 Hwy. 119 +2.7 miles Situated along South Boulder Creek off Tolland Road, this site offers picnic tables, views of the creek and forested valley as well as interpretive signs about local history. There is also creek access for fishing in accordance with regulations established by the Colorado Parks & Wildlife.

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AREA HIGHLIGHTS

Campground (Nat’l Forest) Moffat Tunnel & Road OHV Trails and Roads Picnic Site Rollins Pass Road South Boulder Creek Wilderness Trailheads Yoga Retreat & Ashram

TRAILS

Continental Divide Trail n Crater Lakes Trail l u Forest Lakes Trail u James Peak Lake Trail n Rollins Pass OHV Road n South Boulder Creek Trail l Ute Trail u

143 Main Street Rollinsville, CO 80474 303-258-3326 Mon-Fri: 1-5 • Sat: 9-noon