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| Hiking | 7.08 Miles |
737 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.08 Miles | 2 Hrs 27 Mns | | 3.03 mph |
| 737 ft AEG | 7 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I abandoned my plans for a 15 mile loop starting at dawn to try and beat the storms and instead stayed in camp and spread everything out to dry in the early morning breeze. By the time I got going it was almost 10, and I estimated my plan would be about a 5 mile loop starting with the Foote Creek trail, hoping that I could find the Clell trail or just wander up the draw where the topo trace indicated it would be.
Foote was nice enough, well maintained and cleared for the most part, though it did push through one severely burned stretch that hasn't seen much recovery except some ferns and locust. No biggie though, as all the deadfall had been cut. One short section had also recently been hit by a microburst, downing a dozen or more old-growth ponderosa in a span of a couple hundred yards. Glad I wasn't there for that.
Just to keep you honest, P— drops 300 feet to the highway, where I had to hoof it for 3/4 mile along Hannagan Creek to get back up to the draw that Clell Springs is in. The short stretch of highway walk featured zero vehicles, which is always nice when walking on a federal highway, and allowed me to spy the original road cut. If you think the 191 is a windy road now, you should pay attention to what it used to look like!
Upon reaching the pretty draw, the weather took a turn, and before long I was dodging the flash-bangs I had so hoped to avoid. It wasn't raining, and it was a minute or two between lightning strikes, but thunder was inside of 4 seconds so I did not particularly enjoy the last mile or so as I pushed my pace up toward 4mph.
Spent the next couple hours on the patio at the lodge enjoying the weather from a better spot. |
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| | | Most of this entire draw was dry. Only one day of monsoon rain so far. | | _____________________
| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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