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| Hiking | 14.00 Miles |
3,714 AEG |
| | Hiking | 14.00 Miles | 7 Hrs 17 Mns | | 2.22 mph |
| 3,714 ft AEG | 58 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | It had been about a year since I had done this hike, and it seemed like a good one to do in this era of "social distancing".
I encountered 3 people on the hike: a guy doing trail maintenance on the Gold Ridge Trail; and 2 people on the South Fork Trail not too far from the trailhead.
I did the hike by going up the Gold Ridge Trail, and then coming down South Fork. The first mile on Gold Ridge is at a relaxed uphill grade and is a good warmup; but the next 2.5-3.0 miles are a steep butt-kicker. The trail is in pretty good shape though and has mostly been well-maintained. I don't think that they have done any maintenance on South Fork recently, and it seemed in worse shape when I hike it last about a year ago. For me, the going was a bit slow for the first 4 miles or so on South Fork.
There was a good bit of water flowing on South Fork, which made that portion of the hike enjoyable.
I enjoy this hike, and right now is a good time of year to do it. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
In some sections of the hike I'd say that the wildflowers were "subtantial", but in other sections they were non-existent, which is why I rated it "moderate". There was a wide variety of flowers though. |
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Pigeon Spring |
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| | | There was a good bit of water in the spring, but I really couldn't tell how much per minute there was. |
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South Fork Deer Creek |
Heavy flow |
Heavy flow |
| | | There was a good bit of water flowing, and a few nice waterfalls. | | _____________________
| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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