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| Hiking | 3.96 Miles |
885 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.96 Miles | 1 Hour 53 Mns | | 2.26 mph |
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| no partners | | Two goals for today--get more aeg than my last few hikes, and find the western terminus of Trail A in the Canfield Trail System.
Temps around freezing when I started with heavy clouds. I made my way into the Canfield Natural Area. That starting point was chosen since it starts from a paved road (helpful since we've had about a foot of snow in the last week), and it seemed like a decent network of trails. I headed up the lower loop. Not a steep trail, which was good since it was mostly covered with snow. An abundance of shoeprints kept me on track. Not well signed in places, and there are some socials trails in the mix. I checked my route a few times to make sure I wasn't getting off course.
Gorgeous hiking in the snow and clouds. No breeze, and I ditched my jacket almost immediately. A long sleeve shirt was fine. Had to turn back for a few feet to retrieve my dropped gloves, since I didn't need them either. At the top of the upper loop, I looked around for a few minutes to try and make sense of the trails. I finally decided to turn east into the Cancourse, and continued to follow those trails uphill. I think I was mostly on a non-biking trail that sort of headed up towards Canfield. Signage was slightly better, but still vague in places. I'm sure the place is a zoo on summer weekends.
I finally reached the forest boundary and headed up to find the start of Trail A. It was actually marked. Yay. Since the snow was getting icier at that point, I decided to turn around since both goals had been accomplished. I did carry spikes, but didn't need them. I also wanted to be done before the forecast rain arrived. I retraced my steps back down to the upper loop, then continued down the loop, then down the lower loop.
This summer, now that I know where both ends of Trail A are, I'll come back and complete that entire trail. I think it's the longest one in the Canfield Trail System on the Natl Forest side. I've done most of it over various workout hikes, but now want to tie the entire thing together and start making some Canfield guides since I have a better idea of how the trails relate to each other.
It started raining about 30 minutes after I finished hiking, good timing. |
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