Mileage and more info on "High Myrtle Knoll Babe Loop"

[sajor75]

Hi guys, my original plan was to hike the whole highline trail from east to west at end of May, but being this is my 1st long hike and going solo i though id opt for a shorter hike, looking at the map in this site i noticed the "high myrtle knoll babe loop" could fit the bill, anyone know where i can find the mileage from the 260 trail head around the high myrtle knoll babe loop and back is, a 3 day hike would be ideal, i can comfortably hike 10 miles per day, depending on weather and terrain could push it to 15 miles per day.

[chumley]

If you type "highline myrtle" into the purple search box on the home page, a list of triplogs and photosets will result.

Depending on the search term there may be GPS tracks as well. The triplogs show mileage statistics and if you read the triplogs you can determine the route taken.

Looks like this one is about 17-18 miles from the fish hatchery.

As for the Highline segment, if you look at the official route from the Highline Trail description page you will see that the mileage from 260 TH to the Hatchery is 18 miles (which would make this lasso loop 54 miles if you start at 260TH). It's only 12 miles from See Canyon TH if you're looking for a shorter segment of the Highline to start and finish (which would make the lasso loop about 42 miles).

BTW, from reading triplogs, I can't imagine why anybody would choose to hike the Myrtle Trail. It sounds awful.

[nonot]

I believe the Myrtle trail is in very rough shape. 15 miles/day is doable on the highline for an experienced backpacker.

[ljcygnet]

Trivia -- Myrtle Trail, at one point long ago, was a wagon road. You know the ranch on Ellison Creek, below Myrtle Point? It was originally the trail to get to the ranch.

I cannot imagine taking a wagon down that ... I assume they probably lowered the wagons with ropes.