first map/profile: direct approach
1. (m00,7920ft) START/END-NORTH: outskirts of Aspen
2. (m11,9430ft) START/END-NORTH ALT.: turn left onto
Taylor Pass dirt road
3. (m16,11928ft) TOP: Taylor Pass
4. (m20,10100ft)START/END-SOUTH: turn left at T towards
Taylor Park
5. (m23,9900ft)START/END-SOUTH ALT: Dorchester Campground
6. (m37,9400ft)START/END-SOUTH ALT: town of Taylor Park
second map/profile: route via Richmond Hill
01.(m00,7910ft) START/END NORTH-EAST: downtown Aspen
02.(m01,7920ft) START-END NORTH-EAST ALTERNATE: turn left
onto Castle Creek Valley road.
03.(m04,8330ft) turn left up steep dirt road up Queen's
Gulch
04.(m08,10670ft) stay left at this fork
05.(m09,11220ft) go right up Richmond Hill. Route from
Aspen ski area joins at this point from left.
06.(m11,11445ft) high point on Richmond Hill
07.(m15,11010ft) low point past Richmond Hill
08.(m19,12290ft) high point between Gold Hill and Ashcroft
Mountain
09.(m20,11910ft) single track trail to the right cuts off
the top of Taylor Pass. Profile continues straight on
double track.
10.(m21,12339ft) TOP: high point on unnamed mountain above
Taylor Pass. Short spur to the left leads to the top of a
lookout point at 12430ft.
11.(m21,11928ft) Taylor Pass
12.(m26,9430ft) Taylor Pass road joins paved road in
Castle Creek Valley. Go right
13.(m34,8330ft) same as point 3
14.(m37,7920ft) START-END NORTH-EAST ALTERNATE: same as
point 2, and point 1 on principal approaches profile
15.(m37,7910ft) START/END NORTH-WEST: same as point 1
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