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| Hiking | 1.77 Miles |
239 AEG |
| | Hiking | 1.77 Miles | 1 Hour 14 Mns | | 1.63 mph |
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| no partners | | Went on a research trip to West Stronghold, and stopped to wander around Council Rocks. It was partly cloudy and warm, but not awful… mid-80s perhaps. In the shade of the rocks with occasional breezes it was actually quite pleasant.
There is no official trail in the area, but many social trails and game trails. There is a fairly well-defined path to a Council Rocks interpretive sign, located so you’d notice the really cool pictographs and grinding mortars.
From there I wandered on about 3/4 mile up the drainage until it was no longer easily passable without scrambling and real bushwhacking. I did find another spot with pictographs, as well as some very nifty formations, including a gigantic balancing rock.
Saw one deer in the area, as well as a bunch of lizards. Some were of the colorful turquoise sort, though they were certainly not collared lizards.
From Council Rocks I drove the rest of the way to the West Stronghold trailhead. It’s mostly a fun drive, and extremely pretty in the riparian area up canyon. The one decidedly not fun part was a stretch of road effectively paved with large river rocks. Not challenging at all, just bone-jarringly rough.
For those considering a trip to hike West Stronghold, the drive is Subaru friendly but probably unpleasant in anything without at least 8” of clearance. Airing down is highly recommended. |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
Kallstroemia grandiflora, and some kind of blue flax or morning glory |
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