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| Hiking | 6.50 Miles |
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| no partners | | Redemption-- the lovely trees of the canyon are making a comeback. Is it like it was before the fire?? No. It it beautiful-- yes. The TH location is near the cabins, in an unlovely area with a berm and a couple of porta-potties. It adds about 5-10 min depending on your pace to the old TH area, of which all signage, picnic tables etc is gone. They have put in an actual trail along the bank, but the old road is still quite walkable and really could be driven easily.
The sycamores were mostly done but still quite beautiful and lots of leaf litter. Cudos to the trail crews, some major rerouting in certain areas. Lots of cairns but not overdone IMO because of the roundabout way through some of the large debris areas. Of course some on the old trail tred that was not severely impacted. Some of my favorite maple trees putting on quite the show. Some of the trees are gone too. Quite heartening were all the little maple shoots starting to come up, some less than a foot to 3-4 feet, quite a few showing red leaves. I know some will not make it but awesome to see the come back. The stream channel has changed and deepened, some bedrock exposed that was not before. I did find some areas of great leaf litter and lots of color to take pictures of. Met Bill who I believe is on HAZ as Skyislandhiker. He was leading a small group. I did the usual of off the trail in the drainage then back down on the trail.
I am glad I chose to come back this year. Once again a quite worth while fall hike, and of course a nice place any time of year. |
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