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| Hiking | 8.37 Miles |
2,272 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.37 Miles | 6 Hrs 50 Mns | | 1.46 mph |
| 2,272 ft AEG | 1 Hour 6 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | This hike was to the Fraser Benchmark, which is an infrequently hiked peak in the western Supes.
To give credit where credit is due, my name for this hike comes from a triplog comment that @AZLumberjack made. The phrase, of course, comes from this: [ youtube video ]
I parked off of FR 172, near Peacock Canyon.
We started off going through a wash and then took a forest road over to FR 1900 and made our way through Millsite Canyon. We continued onward to near Millsite Spring, where we went off-trail mostly to the north to get to the summit.
Millsite Canyon was nice, and we saw 3 javelina in the canyon on the way back. I think that these were the first javelina that I have seen in the Supes. There was some cool geology to see along the way.
The first 500 feet or so of the off-trail ascent was a bit tedious through some somewhat tall vegetation -- thankfully it did not have a thorns or stickers. Once past this section, the rest of the ascent was straight forward and was enjoyable I thought. We passed an arch along the way, and we took a detour to go to the viewpoint for the Fraser Arch before going to the summit.
There were some really nice 360 degree views at the summit, so we hung out there for a bit and ate lunch.
We returned the same way that we can up, except that we didn't go back to the Fraser Arch viewpoint on the descent.
The last bit of the descent down to Millsite Spring was tedious with some loose footing, and was the only part of the hike that I did not enjoy.
This hike turned out to be easier than I expected, and it turned out to be a very enjoyable hike! |
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