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| Hiking | 5.90 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 5.90 Miles | 5 Hrs 13 Mns | | 1.49 mph |
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| no partners | | | Another of our annual attempts to catch Big Kahuna doing something loud, and today was pretty much what we were hoping for. Hiked with Phil, Virginia and Jimmy and am using Phil's pictures since he's a real photographer with a real camera. 41 degrees to start at 7:45 and 73 at the finish. The only problem was maybe 500 feet of snow and ice pack on the trail around the 4900 elevation mark so we spend some time banging on the ice with our trekking poles to not much avail but it amused us to think we were making progress. A trickle at the Mist and decent flow at Big Kahuna, not world class but decent. (see photos) We did see a wily coyote on the way in trying to deke us out by bobbing and weaving back and forth across the road and then on the way out there was a jack rabbit which I swear seemed to be flying over the juniper. There were a couple of poppies blooming in the sun. Spectacular day all the way around. If they don’t get more snow, there won’t be many better days this season for Big Kahuna so I’d recommend trying it soon. There was one other hiker in shorts and sneaks headed up hill during our lunch break just uphill from Kahuna. He had been told there were nice pools and vistas at the six–mile mark which I suppose is somewhere around the Barnhardt East Trail and Sandy Saddle. The regular trail is getting close to being overgrown. |
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