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| Hiking | 9.53 Miles |
1,202 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.53 Miles | 4 Hrs 38 Mns | | 2.06 mph |
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| no partners | | It had been over 6 months since I've been in the Goldfields. It's close by but once the heat hits I usually keep the local hikes more level. I saw the Willow Springs Basin Trail on HAZ and it looks I hadn't hiked it before. Once I started on it, I had the feeling that I had done it, but once I got going on it I could tell I hadn't hiked it before.
Once I got to the end of it, I headed west and took the Rough and Ready Trail south. Then I took the Golden Eye Mine Trail north again and got back on Willow Springs Basin heading south again. I decided to bushwhack my way down to the Willow Springs Canyon Upper Trail/road and took that back to the parking lot. The bushwhack down to the road was rough but very short.
Saw only a few other hikers and 3 horse riders. There was a helicopter flying out to the east. It had a tether like they were pulling water to take to a fire. Not sure what was going on there. Across the road from the Willow Springs lot is a new lot with a lot of heavy equipment in it. In the morning they had huge floodlights and when I left there was another helicopter there that had the blades spinning.
Weather was cold at the start but warmed up once the sun hit. Still very cool and comfortable throughout the day. |
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