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| Hiking | 13.57 Miles |
2,566 AEG |
| | Hiking | 13.57 Miles | 7 Hrs 35 Mns | | 2.17 mph |
| 2,566 ft AEG | 1 Hour 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Been dealing with a chest cold this week, few better ways of clearing the lungs out than a fun Supes loop 
Started around five from First Water TH, was the first parked car there. Weird - think its the first time I've seen it empty. Weather was great this morning with temps around 73, cloud cover after the sunrise kept it below 90 until ten-ish. Trail up and over Parker Pass is in great shape (if a bit boring after hiking it n times). Bumped into first rattler on the way down the pass, scared the be-jeebus out of me. 104 between Palomino and Black Top is a bit overgrown. Peralta was good except for one section, the part around the 6 mile mark on my route that had a bunch of cairns and forking trails that was confusing to get through. The spot I chose to go off-trail to cut up and over the ridge turned out to be pretty easy to climb and made for a hard descent (like any good off-trail descent in the Supes, I guess). Water at the spring looked questionable, could be filtered in a pinch, but there is some very clean and large pools downstream. Lots and lots of tadpoles and tiny frogs. Old trail up and over Tim's Saddle was in good shape, only lost it few times when things got overgrown and it wasn't hard to re-find. The only two hikers seen today was on the way back, along 104.
Drank - 6 liters (filtered 2 from Willow)
Note to self - should probably start bringing a pair of clips for these "unofficial trail" wanders. |
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O'Grady Canyon |
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| | | Spring area was pretty green and ugly looking, but there are cleaner pools downstream on-and-off for the next mile. | | _____________________
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