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| Hiking | 4.33 Miles |
1,799 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.33 Miles | 3 Hrs 59 Mns | | 1.34 mph |
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| no partners | | I have been wanting to hike to West Cedar (elevation of 5,489 feet and prominence of 1,769 feet) for a while and I figured that I'd get up there while the temperatures were still relatively cool.
The crux of this one is the drive to the trailhead. I drove in past Seven Springs on FR 24. The road wasn't all that bad except that they were doing some sort of work on a portion of the road, and on that portion there was a berm about 3 feet high at the edge of the road, and the road was only wide enough for one vehicle. I am sure glad that I did not meet another vehicle on that stretch because somebody would have had to back up a long ways. On the way home, instead of going back that way I went north on FR 24 for about 4-5 miles and took FR 269 for 27 miles to I-17. This was a terrible road -- much worse than going from Dugas Road to Pine Mountain. This was my first and last trip on that road.
The hike was straightforward and wasn't too difficult: hike one mile on a road and then go off-trail on a ridgeline for about a mile up to the summit. I gained about 500 feet in elevation on the road and about 1,300 feet on the ridgeline. It got a little steeper at the end -- I gained around 500 feet in elevation in the last 1/3 mile.
I thought that there would be a lot of catclaw to push through, and while there was a good bit of it, it was easy to bypass almost all of the catclaw. I was dressed defensively, and at times it was easier to go through a bit of catclaw than it was to weave around it. While the catclaw was a non-issue, there was lots of lave rock to hike through which slowed me down quite a bit.
I returned the way that I came up.
Synopsis
This relatively short hike was decent, but it is a long drive to get there. There were some nice views at the summit, but the flora and geology on the hike are underwhelming (unless you are a big fan of catclaw and lava rock!) |
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