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| Hiking | 14.25 Miles |
3,200 AEG |
| | Hiking | 14.25 Miles | 8 Hrs | | 1.97 mph |
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| 3,200 ft AEG | 45 Mns Break | 14 LBS Pack | |
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| partners | | Back in the early 90's my sister went on a small group hike down this trail. Believe it was an overnight backpack. She asked me to join on a slew of trips but I just wasn't into hiking yet so it's all a blur. Anyhow, something went amiss heading out. I think the group spread out and someone took a wrong turn. SAR may have been involved, just recall it was figured out pretty quick. Needless to say, I've held some preconceived ideas this trail is a mean ol' pumpkin.
The upper end had a lot more pines and the course was more of a roller coaster than I had envisioned. With a 90% chance of rain predicted at a half inch I brought a rain jacket suitable for a rainforest. I have two sitting in the closet for nearly a decade unused. Problem being it's rarely cool enough to use without sweating up a storm yourself.
We started out in borderline freezing temps, probably 44 degrees. By the time we reached the creek I thought I was gonna burst into flames. The heat wave lasted a couple minutes tops. After watching Chris consume his standard burrito lunch with four billion packets of hot sauce the storm moved in. The wind picked up and the sky cast a Houdini spell on the sun.
The bottom half mile is a steep unstable slide. Undesirable, nothing to fret. Gotta agree with the signage at the top stating unsuitable for horses.
Heading up the rain jacket went off and on a couple times. Along the way I mentally noted the questionable route options. Roughly three or four angled unsigned junctions. Easy corrections peeking at Fenix. Seems to be quite a bit of mid trail signage I doubt was here twenty years ago. Mid trail signage seem rare in general, so kudos to those that made it happen.
The storm unleashed on our last three miles. About a half a mile involved small hail. Only 1 gate, not 37. Other than numb hands by the finish it was a dandy hike. |
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