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| no partners | | Bits of 60 that we needed were closed for the day, so we ended up taking the northern route to the intersection of 288 and FR2752. I was up late wrapping up work the night before, so we packed that morning and made it to the TH around 3pm. Lots of used toilet paper, some broken glass, and a baseball around the parking - overlanders eh? Coming into Young from the north and then down 288 is more time on dirt roads, but without any of the steep turns like the bit below McFadden Peak or the pass where pavement ends coming in from the south - a potential safer if longer exit if conditions got worse at some point.
We again lucked out with gentle terrain in the Ancha - FR 2752 and 2755 were in pretty great shape for the region, with some rough sections (especially the fords). But easy gentle walking. Passed by an old cowboy dam, what looked like a fairly intensive corral, and then some impressive (non-functional) stainless storage tanks welded on the spot w/ residential pump cover and all. Some horse droppings, fairly recent OHV tracks, and a variety of shotgun shells on the roads. FR 2776 had large trees growing in the road and hasn't been used as a proper road for quite some time.
The river bed itself was surprisingly pleasant - a little tedious with rocks everywhere and a handful of nice slickrock sections. A few frozen solid puddles here and there, but not much water. We got to our target zone (the flat area with large trees to either side between 5575 and 5556) a bit before sunset (around 4.5 miles) and easily found a nice place to set up camp. Ideally we would have gone further downstream for earlier sun and shorter commutes the next two days, but it worked fine. |
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