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950 AEG |
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| no partners | | Well, I just had to get out and on the trail. It looks like my timing was great as I managed to do the loop before parts of the trail was closed. 
The weather forecast for day one was 50% chance of rain (never tell me the odds). I was on the good side of the odds as it was just over cast with temperatures in the 60's. I started out at General Springs and went in a clockwise loop. Fred Haught Trail was great as usual, nice to see the trail when it is dry. However for the most part the General Springs was dry, there were a few pools that had water but there wasn't any flow. I spent the night at Pinchot cabin, once again my timing was great as I had the tent up and even had dinner before it started to rain. I battened down the hatches and called it an early night. It rained off and on most of the night. 
Day two saw partly cloudy skies and great 60 degree temperatures. After filling up my water bottles, I had to pack up my wet tent because I didn't want to waste daylight waiting on it to dry. I'm really glad that I downloaded the Route Scout app for my phone. I didn't have to constantly check my route on the map and could just enjoy the hike. Merrit Draw had flowing water, but Moonshine Draw was dry. I was very glad to get to Dane Spring which had a good flow of ice cold water. I covered 9.9 miles before I called an early stop. I wanted to setup my tent and let some of my gear dry out before dark. I found a great place just off the trail and watched the sunset. I have to give a shout out to whoever did trail maintenance on U-Bar Trail! It was great not to have to scramble over all the fallen trees that were all over the trail.
Day three was a lazy day. I got up and spent an hour just enjoying the morning as I ate and packed to get going. For the most part Coyote Spring was dry, just a few pools of water here and there. I didn't find any real water until I got to the bottom of Dane Canyon.  OK I do have a complaint about Route Scout. Every mile it would call out times and information (which I liked), but that was proceeded by some random bird call (I've since turned that feature off). There was many a time I would stop to look for the bird making the calls just to find Route Scout was the source. The weather once again smiled on me with scattered clouds and a wonderful breeze to keep things cool. I clicked off another 9+ miles to get back to the vehicle. Not 20 minutes after I arrived at my vehicle it started to rain, what timing! 
Great hike all in all! Wonderful fall colors! |
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Dane Spring |
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General Springs |
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Pinchot Spring |
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| | | Nice flow, very clear | | _____________________
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