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| no partners | | I've been looking at this one for awhile now. Photos from the N's trips had me suspecting a possible remote fishing hole with some great looking campsites as well. I parked off 137B right at the split with 137H, hopped on the mountain bike and rode to the end of 9172Q and the trailhead. A signpost has the trail leading off to the left but I stayed on the road for another 1/4 mile and it lead back to the trail. The trail is a bit difficult to navigate until about halfway down into the canyon, but it eventually works out along the end of the spur and down to the creek. The creek was dry at this point and I knew that deeper water likely awaited me downstream. The game trails are decent along the creek and cross numerous times, usually taking the inside edge to every turn of the canyon. The first pool I came too was almost dried up and pretty nasty. Then the creek was bone dry and made for easy boulder hopping downstream for a long stretch. The second pool was nice, clean, deep water and there was slight flow from that point on downstream. The next pool had a nice campsite so I moved in. Another 1/4 mile down there was an even bigger and deeper pool, but I didn't like the campsite as much. Tried some evening fishing but no luck.
Day 2: I explored further downstream and found two more decent pools right away, but then the creek dried up again. I hiked another 2 miles downstream along some nice game trails that were very easy to follow. I would say that you could go much further if you wanted to, but maybe no water until ECC. The skies darkened and I heard a little thunder so it was back to camp. The rain held off but I had an afternoon visitor. I bear climbed a tree across the creek from my campsite just so he could see over the thickets. He took one look at me and hurried off up the hill. Saw fish jumping before dark, caught none.
Day 3: A starry night turned into a cloudy morning with some rain and wind. Packed up after the rain let up and hiked back to where I stashed my bike. Only a 15 minute ride back to the truck. Got caught in a nasty storm heading back on 87 in long valley. Quite a bit of hail fell in a short time covering the ground in white.
It was 51 degrees. |
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