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| Hiking | 4.83 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 4.83 Miles | 1 Hour 47 Mns | | 2.99 mph |
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| no partners | | I wanted to do a hike today, I also wanted to find a geocache. Slate Mountain seemed like a good choice, not to mention I've been wanting to hike up it for awhile. Only downside was it takes 50 minutes to get to the trailhead and it was already the afternoon. I decided to go for it anyways. So I made the drive and eventually made it to the trailhead at 5:17pm. Not knowing if I'd be hiking down in the dark, I took both a headlamp and a jacket in my pack with me.
I started up along the remains of the forest road. Along the way I saw that the Forest Service put informational signs along the trail that explained many of the desert flora, though it seems a lot of the flora was gone. Higher up more burnt deadfall appeared on the slopes, however the trail was cleared of it showing recent mainentence. As I approached the summit, I stopped to climb up a nearby knob to find a geocache that was hidden there. I successfully found the geocache, it was last found almost three years ago, not many geocachers have hiked up here it seems. I continued along the trail and soon made it to the summit.
At the summit I found a benchmark and attempted to find the two reference marks. However the datasheet says they were copper nails and washers that were nailed to nearby trees. I looked at what was left of the burnt trees but I did not find the reference marks. I also found some bits of concrete which I presume were forgotten when the lookout tower was taken down.
The way down was uneventful, though it started getting a bit colder. By the time I had reached the bottom, the sun had set, but there was some residual light still in the sky. Good hike in all. |
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