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Amble in the Aspens Looping Veit Springs Trail Yields a San Francisco Peaks Showcase

AUTUMN WILL SOON engulf the San Francisco Peaks with jumbled gray basalt, purple Wheeler thistle and red-leafed creeping barberry spreading under golden aspens. Veit Springs Trail, an easy 1.5-mile walk, makes a great hike for families and showcases the high country's most colorful season. Veit Springs Trail follows an old jeep road uphill into the Lamar Haines Memorial Wildlife Area, a small preserve covering 160 acres at 8,600 feet elevation. Elk and mule deer are plentiful in the early morning, and squirrels and birds can be found midday. The route also may be used for mountain bikes and cross-country skiing. The road soon narrows to a well-marked path and heads downhill to a fork at .2 of a