That guy at the trailhead in Durango told me to skip the Green Creek cutoff, and he was dead wrong

River Jones · 2026-10-06T12:00:05.27838+00:00

He said it would save me 3 miles, but it dumped me onto a washed out jeep road with no water for 9 miles and I ran dry by noon. Anyone else get burned by a random shortcut tip from a stranger?

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