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| Hiking | 12.86 Miles |
1,894 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.86 Miles | 6 Hrs 25 Mns | | 2.12 mph |
| 1,894 ft AEG | 21 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Wally and I started from the Pine TH and hiked eastbound to where I saw the 2 main tracks for the AZT no longer were on different paths. This segment of the AZT has been extensively rerouted in several places and it appears that I've covered all of that now. Every spot where the tracks and/or old topo mapping indicated the old Highline/AZT trail was we saw signs of where the old trail was covered up, or attempted to be. We took the new alignment all the way out and then for the big switchback we took the shortcut through the old alignment of the trail. It's a little bit of a bushwhack walking over the branches and loose rock, but nothing worse than most of the trails in the eastern Supes. 
About a mile in we saw a small herd of elk, 2 bulls, 2 calves, and 4 or 5 cows. One bull had a big rack and the other was a spike. The spike seemed to have more felt but the bigger one had most of the felt gone, with a few scraps hanging from the antlers.
On our way back along the AZT we hiked down and back on the Red Rock Springs trail. It was very rocky thru most of it, expecially compared to the recent work done on the AZT. The new work on the AZT makes it very easy to hike on, it's just that some of the switchback are excessive. Skipping the big one on the way back saved us over a mile. I think this has mainly been done to make it more bike friendly. We did notice that the climb the first 3 miles was about 800' and we barely noticed that we climbed that high.
On the way back we also hiked another old alignment of the Highline Trail that is signed near the trailhead.
Temps were cool the whole time, actually a bit chilly when we started. First 3 miles were in the shade and after that it was never actually hot. it felt warmer at the bottom of the Red Rock Springs Trail than along the AZT, probably due to the elevation difference. |
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