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| Hiking | 1.70 Miles |
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| no partners | | Went for a quick overnight shake-down backpack trip and used the Mint Spring trail for access to the Marshall Saddle area. Thought people might like an update in the aftermath of the Bighorn Fire.
Post-apocalyptic...
Trail and vegetation are in good shape from the trailhead in Carter Canyon up to about the 0.3mi point. There you see a large stain of retardant and beyond that the vegetation is just gone. From this point up to the last couple hundred yards out from the saddle there's nothing. I realize that this area was hit pretty hard by the Aspen fire, but Bighorn simply wiped out whatever was left and what had managed to grow in the subsequent decade.
Fortunately the area around Marshall Saddle and into the WOR appears to have survived without major damage, but there's still a lot of burned trees in various stages of falling over.
It's going to be a long time before this area fully recovers and until vegetation takes hold there are going to be some major issues with erosion. So sad to see. |
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