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| Hiking | 13.53 Miles |
1,624 AEG |
| | Hiking | 13.53 Miles | 7 Hrs 23 Mns | | 1.83 mph |
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| no partners | | I hadn't been out to the eastern Supes in a bit so headed out to the Campaign TH. 449A is in really good shape, not as sandy as it used to be, 4wd is no longer needed as long as there is no water in the creek. A couple of trucks at the TH when I started up the creek. Moderate flow as always near the Reavis Mountain School with the rooster being loud and annoying as always lol. This area was hit pretty hard by the Woodbury Fire and the flooding/erosion did even more damage. Once you get past the school the trail is pretty hit and miss (sometimes it was there and if it was it was pretty overgrown), so it was easiest to stay in the creek for the most part. Hiked up to the Fireline Junction and had a snack under the remaining pine trees and started back down. Just past Brushy Spring I spooked (not sure who was more spooked, the owl or myself lol) a huge, beautiful owl that flew directly over me; it happened so quick I was not able to get a pic. Once I got back to the decommissioned Pinto Peak trail junction, I decided to hike up the ridge to finish a small section of this trail I had not completed yet, which would take much longer then I anticipated. Pretty easy hike up initially, then I lost the trail as it became pretty overgrown, so I stayed in a small wash heading up. The wash ended so I had to bush whack through catclaw to meet up with the official route. Came across a good size Mule deer running through the catclaw, this would be the lucky deer of the day. About 25 yards from the gate (which was my stopping point), I came across what looked to be a pile of sand. Upon closer inspection it was a very fresh lion kill (used to be a deer, that's why I called the other one lucky lol) that was quickly covered up. It was fresh enough that it was still really juicy;  it probably heard me and did a quick cover up. Once I realized what I was looking at, I hauled pumpkin back down the hill not wanting to get into a confrontation with the lion over the kill ( I usually carry, but had forgotten it in my truck). Unfortunately the way down was a blood bath as I ran into a massive catclaw forest with no way down except through it. Finally made my way back down to Campaign Creek without seeing the kitty and made my way back to the TH. Mid 50's, cloudy and a light breeze all day, made it a bit chilly as I was wearing shorts as always but was another awesome day in the Supes, not seeing another soul all day.  |
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