Chubb Park is named after Robert Bass Newett, better known as "Chubb" by his friends. He decided to settle in this area in 1867 when he came west from DeKalb, Illinois. Chubb built a hotel, established a ranch, and platted a town called Newett. Today there is nothing left of the old town of Newett, but Chubb Park offers impressive views of Buffalo Peaks and is connected to the numerous trails in the Fourmile Management Area. Chubb Park also provides access to trails leading to the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness area.
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To access the Chubb Park Trailhead you must first drive the Sevenmile Creek trail. To access the end of this trail, Waypoint 5, from Highway 24/285, drive east from Johnsons Village and head up Trout Creek Pass. The Chubb Park Trail will be on your left at 8 miles just before you cross a small bridge.
This area is part of Pike-San Isabel National Forest, and as such is part of the 2011 Lawsuit where a coalition of conservation and recreation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they say is the illegal addition of 500 miles of motorized roads and trails. A settlement was reached in late 2015 that is requiring the U.S. Forest Service to re-evaluate the roads and create a new travel management plan. Over the next year, 30 roads will be partially or completely closed while this evaluation takes place over the next 5 years.
It is imperative that the OHV community let's their voices be heard on this issue. If we do nothing, those 500 miles will be shutdown. Contact the local ranger districts and let them know why the area is important to you and the history you have there.
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This is just a dirt road through the Chubb Park area. Very cool scenery and a great way to skip a left turn across the highway to exit the four mile area. Some mud ruts had me hitting the brakes but overall it was a very fun way to add 30 minutes to the trip and take the salt creek road out to Antero.
Very easy dirt road with some decent scenery and it provides access to many other trails in the area. When I was out here, this trail was a muddy mess and required a good bit of momentum to get through due to all of the moisture that the area received in the couple days prior to my arrival.
Easy road, nothing much doing here though. The mine spur at Waypoint 3 is neat, there are remains of a cabin and a hole in the ground. You can keep going along the spur til you reach a gate made of branches and wire. It's a pain to open and close the gate and the road ends not much further past, so I wouldn't bother going any further than the mine site. I turned off at the Lenhardy Cutoff.
Camped on the Lenhardy Cutoff and used Chubb Park to exit to US 24/285 and hustle over to Fairplay and Jefferson. Good connector road with classic Colorado views 360*
I led a small group from Overland Bound Buena Vista June Jam on a large loop of the north side of Fourmile on this day. We used this as a connector from Sevenmile to Lenhardy Cutoff.
Road is smooth and out in the open. It's hard to resist driving too fast after having been on the tight and bumpy trails.
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Marcus is a 4th generation Buena Vista, Colorado native who grew up bouncing around the central Colorado mountains in the back of his dad's CJ5. During his younger years, Marcus grew to appreciate public lands and the recreation opportunities backroads and 4-wheel drive trails offer. Marcus has been wheeling for 20 years now and has wheeled in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and California. Until a few years ago Marcus had just been a participant in the wheeling community, but he has become much more active in preserving trails and working to make sure the wheeling community has their access maintained for future generations. In 2017 Marcus helped to found Colorado Off Road Enterprise - CORE, based out of Buena Vista. CORE has worked with the Forest Service and BLM and has volunteer agreements in place with both organizations. CORE also has a Forest Service trail adoption agreement in place for Grizzly Lake, Pomeroy Lake, Hancock Lake, Hancock Pass, and Tincup Pass, Tomichi Pass, Williams Pass, Ptarmigan Lake, Mineral Basin, Clohesy Lake, Lost Canyon, Champion Mill, Iron Mike Mine, and Slide Lake. If Marcus is not working you can generally find him somewhere out on the trails around Buena Vista.
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