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| Hiking | 12.06 Miles |
1,280 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.06 Miles | 6 Hrs 45 Mns | | 1.87 mph |
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| no partners | | This trail really surprised me, what with all the ponds along the way. I lost count! The hike seemed longer than 12 miles, although it is probably because I was tired from a backpacking trip the day before. I didn't see much wildlife, just some birds, squirrels, and horned lizards. But at one point I really smelled elk, very strong and pungent, and I think they may have been bedded down close by.
I read a lot of the previous triplogs, most of which mentioned mud and mosquitoes! No mud, no mosquitoes today!
I enjoyed the little KA Hill. The Peaks had fresh snow from a little storm yesterday, which was all melted by the time I finished the hike. It was 27 degrees when I got up this morning, but it warmed up very quickly and I hiked in a skort, always looking for shade for my breaks.
The views of Sycamore Canyon are splendid. I brought only a little point-and-shoot camera that doesn't do it justice.
At one point, near the Vista, I could see the cliffs I had camped underneath a couple nights before. I had hiked down the Kelsey-Little Lookout Trail and camped there Thursday night.
I don't know why my GPS posted as slightly longer by a half mile or more than other people's logs, but I did walk out to a lot of viewpoints, and also maybe because of where I parked. There is a spur trail to the parking area that's close to 1/4 mile.
All the springs I saw are ponds, and I don't know how to estimate gallons per minute when it's a pond. They all had a lot of water.
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