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| Hiking | 15.59 Miles |
2,096 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.59 Miles | 6 Hrs 25 Mns | | 2.51 mph |
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| partners | | After a two-year hiatus, I jumped on the opportunity to return to Reavis. The bellyaching about conditions of the road have merit; timid drivers, low clearance, sedans, and factory pop-ply tires are not recommended. The first mile seemed par for the course after above-average rainfall last month. Three-foot tall grass, occasional catclaw, green galore, and butterflies set the stage for a good ol' fashion hike to Reavis Valley.
Turning up 109, the grass got taller, the trail disappeared at times but the little hiatus fire still had kick. jj checked out Reavis' grave while I tried to figure out the washed-out terrain. Soon after, the trail is pretty good to Reavis Saddle. Well... the grass is now a foot or two taller but the trail is not hidden. With the exception of the pray-zone six-inch-wide trail on one of the upper switchback turns that is almost washed out to oblivion, you can move at a good clip.
From the saddle to Fireline there were more pines than I was expecting but also large areas torched by fire. Roughly a third of a mile before Log Trough Canyon are three pines over the trail. My RS route has a flag for the large one lengthwise on the trail, the other two are only 6-10 inch diameter and you can hop over. Getting close to Fireline, one area appeared to have flooded in earnest. Now a wide flat swath of dirt and rocks but we may have drifted off-trail.
The two grass-clump fields only had chest-high grass, shorter from bending weight. I've had one small snake encounter here and one angry rattlesnake encounter. With the exception of a few short stretches, it's impossible to see the ground so just pray and get it over.
My shins were starting to get raw from the endless trashing but Reavis apples kept the task on course. The break time is exact. The nice thing about a jj hike is it goes quick, just save the crying for a Bruce hike... lol
Heading up to Reavis Valley there is a sinkhole? on that little incline up the berm. Not sure if that was previously the path of the trail or not, we didn't pause much to decipher.
Two large propped-up skinned trees navigate you forward. We continued to the prize north orchard. I jumped off quick and jj went a bit further before heading off-trail. It's a semi-bust overall but there are apples to be had. Bears have converted the lower pickings to fuel piles so most are higher up now. Many are slightly deformed. A few are okay. The flavor may improve in a week? or two but just okay for now.
I highly recommend pants or carbs to react properly to the 60%-ish/9-miles of never-ending shin trashing. Fire damage won't remotely hinder thoughts of returning. This was the roughest Reavis hike I recall but I'd go back in a heartbeat. |
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Light overall. There is color. 8-foot sunflowers are the highlight... but you do walk through 'em! |
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