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| Hiking | 17.24 Miles |
4,796 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.24 Miles | 12 Hrs 18 Mns | | 1.50 mph |
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| partners | | Somehow, neither Lee nor I was carrying today. Good thing we both still have faith in humanity!
Lee promised me an 8-mile hike and it sounded nice. So in the dark 13 hours later, pushing 20 miles and 5,000aeg, with over 8 miles of OFF-TRAIL, we managed to hit two new peaks for me, including Cimeron, which is a great destination that I would recommend to anybody.
The off-trail was slow, especially in Rough Canyon, as we were both pretty fatigued at that point. It was very welcoming to reach the trail again, even though we had such a long way to get back and knew that darkness would fall. At least there was a full moon.
Of course, along the way, Lee had to take a few detours to find piles of rocks. I had established that if they weren't still assembled and held together with mortar, I would have no interest. Luckily he delivered. There's some cool stuff out there!
And to think the Coliseum was built only like 1,000 years earlier than any of this stuff!
Saw a huge black-tail below the Cimeron summit. Also a nice turtle in the water in Rough Canyon, who didn't really like me picking him up, and a great horned owl in Rogers Canyon. My photo was a little sub-par by Outdoor Lover standards, so I didn't even bother posting it.
Great day out there. A little warm in the afternoon sun, but otherwise damn near perfect. |
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Hole Spring |
Quart per minute |
Quart per minute |
| | | Couldn't discern the spring specifically because there is plenty of water in the canyon. Pools abound, and light flow occurs periodically. Some underground dry areas also exist. |
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Roger's Creek |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | Plenty of pools in Rogers right now. Some occasional light flow. Should easily last another month with no further precipitation. |
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Rogers Canyon |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | Plenty of pools in Rogers, from just below Rogers TH, all the way to Rough Canyon. Some dry areas, but probably 50% flowing. There will be pools here for a while. |
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Rogers Canyon Spring |
Dripping |
Dripping |
| | | Couldn't discern spring specifically. Entire canyon has pools of water and occasional light flow. |
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Rough Canyon |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | Tons of deep pools. Many with more than just a trickle. No shortage of water, certainly will last at least into May 2014, and likely into June in some places, even if it doesn't rain again. | | _____________________
| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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It started out spooky in the pitch dark fog with an owl hooting. I kept telling myself that the bears are hibernating now and won't be charging from the thick mist. I've been to the summit of White Mountain twice before, so the whiteout conditions weren't that much of a bummer, except for being absolutely soaked to the bone heading north across the ridgeline. My feet never dried out after that first summit. I seriously began to doubt the second peak plan after dropping off the summit to the west and encountering thick bushwhack, mucky cliffs and bear poop everywhere. It was impossible to see landmarks from inside the clouds, but by occasionally checking the GPX, I stayed on track until finally exiting the cloud deck to find myself in a bizarre landscape. Upper Rough Canyon is a neat, mostly unburnt niche with some more likely surprises. The views from Cimeron were stellar. Good water at the confluence of Fish and Rough Creeks, but surprisingly nothing significant after that on the way up Rogers Canyon to the Trough. Most definitely, one of the best Supes hikes I've done. 
