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| Hiking | 5.40 Miles |
1,243 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.40 Miles | 3 Hrs 7 Mns | | 2.25 mph |
| 1,243 ft AEG | 43 Mns Break | 8 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Carey put together an interesting loop at Skyline for today's hike. We ended up on an old service road for a powerline that went up and over the hill. The powerline sparked a lot of speculation on what it could possibly be connecting end to end. Perhaps there was a weather or communication relay station on top of the mountain at some point. I'll have to see if it turns up on old topo maps. We started from the main parking lot, crossed the bridge to Mountain Wash, Turnbuckle to the 2nd Granite Falls intersection, Granite Falls to Chuckwalla, then north on old service roads to the powerline. Road to the second set of poles was completely eroded away. Christina and I made the scramble up to check it out and it did not disappoint! We could see two more sets of standards on the way to the top of the ridgeline. Maybe remnants of an old service road to the third standards. No idea how they got to the top. Explored some other old roads on the way back to Granite Falls and returned the rest of the way we came it. Saw a bunch of hikers and runners on the trails, no bikes today. One trail runner was very excited to tell about the rattlers he had seen out on the trails this morning. We weren't lucky enough to see any interesting wildlife. Post hike treats at Fry's on Watson afterwards.
Just checked the HAZ TOPO and it shows "Beacon 3074" where the powerline tops out on the ridgeline. |
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