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| Hiking | 17.00 Miles |
4,599 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.00 Miles | 7 Hrs 55 Mns | | 2.46 mph |
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| no partners | | Mica Mountain had been on my radar screen for awhile, and the stars aligned just right so I decided to put the pedal to the metal.
I started and ended the hike at the Turkey Creek TH. You'll need a high clearance 4WD vehicle to travel the last couple of miles to the TH. As best as I can tell, this is the shortest way to hike up to Mica Mountain.
I hit the trail at 8:20, which was later than I intended. That kept me from going to Spud Rock because I did not want to chance driving back in the dark on the 4WD portion of the road. The road wasn't too bad, but there were a couple of iffy places.
This was a nice hike and I really enjoyed it. The first couple of miles were through a grassland and did not have much elevation gain, although there was a bit of up-and-down. After the first two miles or so, the going got a bit tougher, gaining 2,000 feet or so in elevation over not much more than 2 miles. The tread was a bit rocky, and for me this was the least enjoyable part of the hike. From there, once I got to about 7,000 feet of elevation, the grade diminished and I gained about 1,600 feet of elevation over a bit more than 4 miles. This portion of the hike was well shaded by ponderosa pines, and there were some rock outcroppings with nice views along the way. There were lots of switchbacks, which made for an enjoyable hike.
It took me about 4 hours and 20 minutes to hit the summit, so I decided that it would be best to pass on going to Spud Rock and I started making my way back to the TH. It took me a little over 3.5 hours to get back to the TH.
I saw a couple of deer near the summit. On the way back, about 1.5 miles from the TH I saw a buck, and shortly after that I saw 3 does.
It is hunting season out there, so I imagine that the hunters had the deer a bit spooked. I talked to a couple of hunters and they told me that it was a muzzleloader hunt -- I doubt if there were many deer killed out there with a muzzleloader. I never heard a shot fired all day. |
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