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| Run/Jog | 20.00 Miles |
3,691 AEG |
| | Run/Jog | 20.00 Miles | 7 Hrs 1 Min 2 Secs | | 2.99 mph |
| 3,691 ft AEG | 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Had some company and plans to camp out Saturday night, so decided to take advantage and get a run in a remote area. Got to the TH at around 9:30am after staying up way later than planned, and didn't feel great starting out as a result. It happens.
A note in the TH register said the Tige Rim trail was impossible to follow past a certain cairn, and I set out to challenge that. Turns out it was merely very difficult to follow, but existed in what I would categorize as "most" stretches. The stretch along the rim featured some nice views, but this trail in general has the worst burn scars I've seen yet in this part of the Blue Range. Got off track the last quarter mile of the trail and had to make our way back to Bonanza Bill cross country. Unless someone has plans to clear that trail, it might not have much of a future.
Next we got to the Cow Flat junction, where the original plan was to continue on Bonanza Bill to Devil's Monument and up to WS Lake. However, even at the junction, the continuation of Bonanza Bill looked nonexistent (like, not even a "trail goes this way" sort of cairn), and I didn't really feel like hunting for trail after the Tige Rim adventure, so we changed course and headed down the Cow Flat superhighway. At the cabin I figured we had budget for more miles, so figured we may as well head up Franz Spring trail to WS Lake.
The hike up upper Lanphier Canyon was enjoyable. Nice big trees, and the trail was in pretty decent shape outside of some occasional deadfall. When we got to the "lake" (more a puddle right now), there was an elk cow chilling there. The area is a little burned, and looked like it may have been nicer pre-fire.
Back down at Franz Spring we took a little break to fill up water. Spring is still flowing nice and clear. Then the grind back to Bonanza Bill. It was long, but I enjoyed the rock garden area above Hinckle Spring, and there was a little bit of water in Steeple Canyon.
Didn't see anybody, although there were a couple cars at the TH when we got there, as well as a horse trailer. This part of the Blue Range seems to either have trails that are in excellent shape (presumably the ones ranchers use) or just destroyed. |
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Franz Spring |
Quart per minute |
Quart per minute |
| | | Still cold and clear. |
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Steeple Canyon |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | Above Bonanza Bill trail there is a little trickle. |
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W S Lake |
1-25% full |
1-25% full |
| | | Mud puddle | | _____________________
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