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| Hiking | 5.99 Miles |
1,492 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.99 Miles | 4 Hrs 29 Mns | | 1.40 mph |
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| partners | | It's been a while since I've hiked with Chris and it's been even longer since I've done this loop. We set off from the parking area in the dark and started up the old jeep road to the ridge.
This area has long been a favorite of mine for sunrise hikes. The views from the ridge below 2881 and from the peak are really stunning. It was super cloudy when we made it up and there wasn’t much of a sunrise. It was humid, but pleasant.
The hike up to the peak is more or less defined now and pretty easy going for the most part. We made it up top and then started down the ridgeline towards the next segment. The last time I was up here it was dry and roasted. The "trail" was easy to follow back then, but with all of the grass and undergrowth, it was little less obvious this time around.
We made it down from the peak to the little saddle. We weren’t exactly breaking any land speed records and Chris was short on time. We came across junction of the trail up and a horse trail that had started up from Bagley Tank and after a quick look at the topo map, we opted to hike this down to Willow Creek rather than go up to the little ridge above the Horns of Dilemma. This trail turned out to be the only defined trail we had all day.
We made it to the wash and started down towards the road. This area was as I remembered, but a little more overgrown. The falls/pour-overs were definitely sketchy as I remembered. I watched Stretch Kiriluk barely make the traverse across the first major obstacle and I opted to do a bypass up and over the little cliffs instead.
We bypassed the last falls and bushwhacked up to the road up and over the little section of ridges above the falls.
A nice day in a cool area. The cloudy and hazy conditions made for not-so ideal photography, but a good hike with Chris is always time well spent. |
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