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| no partners | | Hiked with a large group of over 30 people, for my first visit to Stewart Falls. The trail was shady for the the first third, but sunny and open for most of the rest. The trail surface was good dirt which even felt springy at times. We crossed through a variety of plant life, starting with pine forest, then aspens, and then scrub oak mixed with low growing plants and shrubs. The trail started wide enough for two people, but the shrubbery and flowers became thicker toward the end, which narrowed the trail down to 'one lane,' and made it necessary to step off the trail in order to let someone pass in the other direction.
This trail has several (marked) connecting trails coming up from the group camps and cabins below. This turned out to be a problem, because more large groups were also trying to reach the falls. We played a lot of leap frog with groups going in the opposite direction, and our group got split up.
The falls were icy cold and beautiful. There was no shade near the water and only a few places to sit because of the steep terrain. The kids in the group had fun putting their heads under the water, crossing on logs, and throwing a few rocks.
The trail signage indicated a 2 mile hike to the falls, but my GPS recorded 1.9 from the middle of the parking lot. I'll post that later, along with a few photos. I also noted that the parking lot was posted as a self-pay lot ($6 for a 3 day pass), but few cars actually had the pass posted in the window. |
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If you don't run, you rust.
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