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| Hiking | 11.40 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 11.40 Miles | 5 Hrs 45 Mns | | 1.98 mph |
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| partners | | This turned out to be a very nice hike. Wally, Liza and I got an early start at 6:30am. We went straight to the Ballantine Cabin, took the obligatory artsy pics, which included a dead bull carcass. The Pipeline trail going north to FR1704 is very visible from the cabin. If you walk out of the corral adjacent to the cabin to the Pipeline trail, immediately as you exit the corral, look for a trail to the east. It starts very faint and hugs the corral fence. If you follow it, it will veer from the corral and become less faint. This trail will meander to the east and north, until it gets to a trough, and then turns south, making its way back to the Ballantine Trail at the corral there. My GPS actually showes this trail on its topo, but on the GPS it continues east past the trough. We didn't look to see if it actually did this since we were more interested in getting back to the Ballantine trail. Once we found the junction, I made a point of making a cairn (ok, I told Wally to do it while I took pics and threw rocks in his general direction while he piled them). I've included some pics of the cairn by the corral and junction, as well as the GPS route in case anyone wants to try to follow this trail. The best way is by far to go straight to the cabin via Boulder Flat and then east to the Ballantine Trail. By the Ballantine trail junction, the unmarked trail again hugs the side of the corral before meandering away and eventually becoming less faint.
After getting back on the Ballantine Trail, we made our way back to Boulder Flat, and then took the spur south to Rock Creek. Decent trip, not too long or too steep. The creek wasn't running, but since we were already there, WTF. Saw a cool puddle full of tadpoles. the trail actually goes past Rock Creek a bit towards a drainage over a hill. Not much of a trip, but the Christopher Columbus got the best of me and I had to see where this trail finally ended. This turned out to be a cool intel mission for finding unmapped trails. I have gladly included the GPS route for this hike for anyone who wants to check this out. The Rock Creek spur and spur to the cabing are very easy to follow. the section from the Cabin to the Ballantine trail is faint in spots, so this route might be very helpul there. |
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