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| Hiking | 8.20 Miles |
1,407 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.20 Miles | 4 Hrs 48 Mns | | 1.91 mph |
| 1,407 ft AEG | 30 Mns Break | 22 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Another Sunday afternoon hike with my wife...
We hiked out Deer Creek and then the part way up the South Fork (of Deer Creek). We had hiked as part of a larger group back in December of 2012 and found both the route finding and path to be much more difficult than it is now. On Sunday's hike, we saw frequent large cairns and a well defined path in most sections. I ended up going out a total of 4.1 miles (counting the initial segment of the Deer Creek Trail) before turning back - I was worried about running out of daylight. It went well enough that I'm considering doing a loop in the area - maybe up the South Fork and down Gold Ridge.
That said, there were some sections that were slightly precarious. At times the trail goes pretty high on some of the banks; the path is narrow with almost no shoulder and a misstep or simply the soil giving way could end up in a fall of up to 30 feet or so.
We met another hiker while were on the South Fork - his name is Cory and he works for the Forest Service. He hadn't hiked the South Fork before and was using his day off to check on the trail conditions. Something I did not know - he told me that they aren't normally allowed to use chain saws in Wilderness areas.
Anyway, it was another great day of hiking... |
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