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| Canyoneering | 12.50 Miles |
2,400 AEG |
| | Canyoneering | 12.50 Miles | 8 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.47 mph |
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| | Canyon Hiking - Non-technical; no rope; easy scrambling; occasional hand use | | A - Dry or little water; shallow or avoidable water; no wet/dry suit | | I - Short 1-2 hours |
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| partners | | Panther Gulch (12/20/2008)
Latitude 33 degrees/51'/29.47"/N & Longitude 111 degrees/7'/58.55"/W
On Saturday I attempted to hike an old pack trail route up Panther Gulch. Panther Gulch is located in a remote area of the Sierra Ancha Mountains, East of Punkin Center off Highway 188. I have spent a lot of time in this area over the years and have always wanted to hike this trail, although I never imagined what I would be getting my self into. The canyon started out really good with some cool waterfall areas. At about the halfway point, the pack trail headed up onto the side of the canyon and paralleled the bottom for the last segment. This is where things turned extremely ugly. I got myself into the worst one-mile stretch of terrain I could ever imagine trying to hike through. Very steep slope, thick waist high tangled brush, rockslides, loose soil, and frost sums up what I had to battle through to follow the original route. I downloaded waypoints onto my GPS from my computer to show me the locating of the route. Although very faint and only visible in few places, I could see a shelf along the hillside where the trail once was. This trail pretty much only existed on my GPS. It's possible that I could have stayed in the bottom although it wasn't looking real good down there either. I finally managed to reach a ridgeline jeep trail that I followed back to my truck down in the Greenback Valley area. The jeep trail that I used for my return route is completely deserted except during dear season in October and has turned into a rugged ATV route due to lack of use. That goes for all jeep trail routes in the immediate area. The total distance for the loop was 12.50 miles.
I had originally planed on posting this as a "New Hike", however after my horrendous bushwhack experience I decided it would be best to keep this one to my self. Overall it was a good day. I love an adventure. Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad.
(!!IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING POSTED GPS LOG!!)
The GPS log that has been posted by "Fred Kinzer" is not an accurate depiction of the route and should be disregarded. Fred was my hiking partner during the trip. The overlay on the Goggle Map is the actual route that we hiked, however for unknown reasons all route stats are incorrect and highly exaggerated. This log should not be used. |
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| MATTHEW 11:28-30 / PSALM 84:1-2 |
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