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| Hiking | 12.21 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 12.21 Miles | 4 Hrs 46 Mns | | 2.78 mph |
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| no partners | | Gorgeous day in Point Reyes National Seashore. Saw a lot of people including a family taking a stroller down the Woodward Valley Trail which is very steep. They were speaking some European language other than English, French or Spanish which was a common theme today.
This area is pretty much always moist so the ongoing drought isn't as evident here as it is elsewhere in California, but the lack of rain has led to a lackluster wildflower season and many Bishop pines look stressed. The 12,000-acre Mount Vision Fire was 20 years ago this October, and this area seems primed for another conflagration. There are numerous dog hair patches of Bishop pine, and leaf/grass litter is feet thick in places. I think a key to whether or not Point Reyes becomes dangerously combustible will be whether the poison oak dries out. We'll see.
Started at Sky Trail Head, took the Sky Trail to Horse Trail to Ranch Trail to Mount Wittenberg Trail lollipop loop then the Sky Trail to Woodward Valley Trail then south to Sculptured Beach then back on the Coast Trail to the Laguna Trail to Fire Lane and finally on Sky back to the trail head. I wish I would've started earlier so I could've done more, but I'm pleased with the trajectory of my hiking fitness after the disaster that was the 2014 football season. |
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