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| Hiking | 13.90 Miles |
3,219 AEG |
| | Hiking | 13.90 Miles | 7 Hrs 9 Mns | | 1.94 mph |
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| partners | | Wally and I hiked from the Peeley TH down to where we left off last week just past the Potato Patch. On the way down we took the Thicket Spring Trail and on the way back we stayed on the AZT. I think I’ve seen info online that indicates that Thicket Spring Trail used to be the alignment of the AZT. I was thinking that we might save some AEG if we took Thicket Spring on the way out and Saddle Mt. on the way back, but I don’t think we did. Thicket Spring has a big climb then, a steep descent. Saddle Mt. has a big descent on the way back and a gradual slog of a climb until you’re almost back at the Peeley TH.
Saw nobody on the way out, then a few people on the way back. One group was dayhikers who were marking the trail for a race the next day. They had orange ribbons to show the correct way and blue and white to indicate the wrong way. Wally claims they told him they would be back to remove them all when the race is over.
On the drive out it seemed to be either snowing or raining, it was hard to tell in the dark. When we got to the TH, there were very light snowflakes that fortunately didn’t last. The one southbound backpacker we saw said he got hit with hail in the morning. The weather remained pretty cold, which we didn’t notice at all until we stopped for lunch. There were bits of sun on the way back, but it was overcast for most of the time.
FR201 looks to have been recently graded, and the sides off the road had been cut and cleared. Must have been some kind of massive machinery as it was cleared in some steep sections uphill and downhill from the road. It didn’t help make the road any wider, just seemed to make it a bit scarier looking down the drop-offs from the road. |
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