The standard route of access to Chicago Basin is somewhat unusual. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, driven by a historical steam locomotive, runs through the canyon of the Animas River. It makes a stop (when requested) at Needleton, a location near the confluence of Needle Creek and the Animas. Visitors to Chicago Basin typically ride the train from Durango or Silverton, get off at Needleton, and hike about 6 miles up Needle Creek to the basin itself. There are mountain goats at Chicago Basin.[2] Many backpackers continue over Columbine Pass to the watershed of Vallecito Creek.
chicago, basin, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2009,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chicago Basin news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Chicago Basin 1 comprises the upper portion of the Needle Creek watershed in the Needle Mountains Colorado a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the US State of Colorado It lies within the Weminuche Wilderness part of the San Juan National Forest Needle Creek is an east side tributary of the Animas River The basin is a popular destination in summer for climbers and backpackers The upper portion of the basin is surrounded by three fourteeners Mount Eolus Windom Peak and Sunlight Peak Columbine Pass lies to the east of the lower basin The standard route of access to Chicago Basin is somewhat unusual The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad driven by a historical steam locomotive runs through the canyon of the Animas River It makes a stop when requested at Needleton a location near the confluence of Needle Creek and the Animas Visitors to Chicago Basin typically ride the train from Durango or Silverton get off at Needleton and hike about 6 miles up Needle Creek to the basin itself There are mountain goats at Chicago Basin 2 Many backpackers continue over Columbine Pass to the watershed of Vallecito Creek References edit Chicago Basin Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Louis W Dawson II Dawson s Guide to Colorado s Fourteeners Volume 2 Blue Clover Press 1996 ISBN 0 9628867 2 6External links editHiking Journal of a trip to the Chicago Basin includes pictures Archived 2009 11 24 at the Wayback Machine Chicago Basin Trip Planning Guide37 36 35 N 107 36 34 W 37 6096 N 107 6094 W 37 6096 107 6094 nbsp This Colorado state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chicago Basin amp oldid 1102628033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
