Re: A nearly missed adventure with 493 at Cascade today

Olaf Rasmussen Wrote:
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> Today Jack and I hiked the Purgatory trail from
> the Durango ski area to Cascade to catch 493
> coming up the Animas canyon. Things didn't go
> exactly as planned. I had figured on 2 hours for
> the 4.5 mile hike but Jack found too many
> interesting things to sniff out, so the hike took
> almost 3 hours.

I too grossly mis-judged the time required for the trail. I missed the first train in. While a beautiful hike, I was worried that I had taken the wrong trail, as once you leave Purgatory Flats, the trail begins to CLIMB!

The trip wasn’t a total loss;