DESTINATION The Pine Creek Box Trail 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 4.10 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 4.10 Miles | 1 Hour 46 Mns | | 2.41 mph |
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| no partners | | With a few hours of daylight left and nothing but trouble in the cooler, Ryan and I decided to knock out a few extra miles before heading back to camp. I think we were a little bit early season for this as the upper trailhead was still inaccessible due to the lingering spring snowpack and most of the creekside flora had not sprouted yet.
The creek was flowing well, and while a dozen or more crossings required getting our feet wet, the current wasn't strong as the weather had been cool and the snow melt was slow. Warmer weather in the forecast however had prompted flood warnings across the state in the upcoming days with expected rises in all the rivers with rapid daytime melting at higher elevations.
The terrain is easygoing, but use has created a number of use paths that make it easy to lose the official route from time to time. Sneaky little cactus in the sand are something to keep an eye out for depending on your footwear.
We had an overcast day with flat light, but the colors of the rock on the canyon walls above Pine Creek could make some great scenes in different conditions.
We only did about two miles upstream before turning around, but I'd be interested in covering the rest of the trail sometime in the future. It doesn't feature some of the dramatic views or narrow canyons of other hikes in the area, but it's a lovely creekside hike in the mountains that's tough to complain about.
I'd say it's Escalante's Horton Creek, which would be a reasonable comparison for the scenery and strolling creekside trail. But we didn't see anybody else all day, so that's a minor difference. |
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