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| Hiking | 4.80 Miles |
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| no partners | | I umpired a ton of baseball games over the weekend, so I wanted to get out but was looking for something on the small and easy side since my legs were still a bit sore; I had never hiked this loop before, so it seemed like a good choice. Being that it was a holiday, the long drive up 143 was like a freeway with a ton of snowbirds on SxS's doing 5 mph up the mountainside (they might as well have been driving wheelchairs, at that pace). I made a stop at the Mud Springs TH, hiking down to the running creek, following it up for a half mile or so, playing in the water before continuing. Five cars at the No Pine TH with a group of dirt bikers lollygagging. Did the loop CCW heading down Brown's Trail first. The trail is in decent condition (a couple of small muddy areas), with some small areas of brush encroaching, but easily manageable. Headed down the wash to the Pigeon Trail, where the north-facing slopes were a bit dicey with what was once snow, and was now a slick ice rink. I took my time through those couple of sections as I did not feel like sliding off a couple of hundred feet below. Spotted a deer in one of the meadows, spent a few minutes at Pigeon Spring before walking the road back to the TH. Nice, short hike, which was just what I needed after a long weekend.
Side Note - 143 was as long and bumpy as I remember; however, past Mud Spring, some nice sections have been freshly graded and are Prius-friendly.  |
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