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| Hiking | 6.43 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.43 Miles | 2 Hrs 38 Mns | | 2.44 mph |
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| no partners | | Good to get back in the saddle after our Asia trip: The Rim is "home". Today was my 37th different Rim canyon.
There were many brown leaves on the ground. There was still some color above, but not much. 90% of what color remained was before FR 321C.
As evidenced by being covered by grass, and its own occasional deadfall, FR 9737R is decommissioned.
The distance I hiked today is about a mile more than the entire loop’s distance. Besides measuring the wetlands enclosures, I backtrack, meander, etc. I clipped all that out of the attached route.
Only the third wetland had even slight pooling.
Other than few bedraggled fleabane, I found no flowers before FR 321C. Despite the rain, no fungi either. (Like clockwork, it drizzled for fifteen minutes every hour of my hike.)
In the draw proper, it's a mild bushwhack. More pooling, but not large, nor much. Still managed to slip & fall in one.  No flow. Below Cabin Loop, saw evidence of flooding (bent vegetation).
I arrived at Dane Canyon after 1h 45m of hiking. (Not counting picture taking or meandering.) Following an animal trail, it took me 10 minutes to climb 130 ft. up to decommissioned FR 9616B. You could take FR 9616B left or right: I went left.
Just past the four mile mark, FR 9616B joins FR 321C. At 4¾ miles, a locked tube-steel gate blocks FR 321C. (Which I guess is also decommissioned?) FR 321C then splits right, apparently drivable. Instead, split left onto 218C, back to the trailhead at 5½ miles. (I was surprised a guy was 5th wheel camping so late in the season.)
Rumble Video: https://rumble.com/v70t8eq-hiking-mccli ... n-rim.html
Vimeo Video: https://vimeo.com/1130664406 |
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Autumn Foliage Observation Isolated
The best remaining color was actually up on FR 300, at the head of Barbershop Canyon and East Bear Canyon. |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
Besides photos, alpine false spring parsley, mullein, dandelion, and two other fungi. |
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No flow. Below Cabin Loop, saw evidence of flooding (bent vegetation). 
