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| no partners | | This was really a fun hike since much of it was on trails that I haven't hiked before. I followed gpsjoe's route. What really surprised me was how many people I saw on the Terrapin Trail. I thought that one was little traveled, considering how few people I ever see on the Bluff Spring Trail, but in that segment of the Terrapin between Bluff Spring and the Crosscut there were 11 other people... on a Wednesday! Delightfully, I had the Crosscut all to myself.
Going out on the Terrapin, I walked right past the Crosscut turn-off, in spite of being aware that it's easy to miss. I went ahead a quarter mile before realizing that I must have missed it, so that accounts for an additional half mile on my triplog. It was easier to spot coming back than it was from the other direction.
The Crosscut Trail is very easy to follow. To say that it was well cairned is like saying it gets a bit warm here in July. In some places there is a cairn every 10 feet and most of them are unnecessary because the trail has been trodden enough to be completely obvious at a glance. The steep downclimb on the Peralta side is tricky and sure-footedness is imperative. If you are afraid of heights and don't like looking down, this would probably freak you some. I was very grateful for the cairns here because it would be a challenge to find a safe route down on your own. Following them exactly works out quite well.
I have not been on 'the other Peralta Trail' (north of Fremont) before. I thought it was very scenic, especially the Pinon Camp area. The trail itself was a bit vague in quite a few spots and I made a lot of small navigational errors here. Nothing that took me very far off the route, just a little annoying adding more time and mileage.
When I popped up onto Freemont Saddle, I surprised a group of casual hikers who probably thought they were standing at the edge of the humanized wilderness so, not seeing me approach, it looked like I came out of nowhere. Kinda funny.
After reading some of the reports about bushwacking and catclaw there, I had decided to wear jeans instead of shorts (I was already leaning that way because it was cold that morning). But, I didn't think there was much brush in my way on any part of the route (maybe there have been some improvements since), so shorts would be just fine if you go there. |
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